How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?

I started this post over a year ago and abandoned it without finishing. For some reason it struck a cord today.

I’m currently listening to a Mel Robbins podcast about being successful NOW in work no matter what stage of life you are in. She is interviewing Carla A. Harris. I’m just getting started in the podcast but I have already bought her book called Strategize to Win.

I have a terrible habit of buying all kinds of books and not finishing them but I am determined to read this one all the way through. To help me in the endeavor I also bought the audio book so I can go back and forth.

Here is the link to the podcast episode

I find Mel’s podcasts to be so uplifting and helpful. She is so inspiring and brings hope to so many people. Her book, Let them, has been so helpful to me. I don’t always remember to follow the principles she lays out in the book but when I do I always end up better off.

Since we are talking books another one I finished recently was by Jefferson Fisher called The Next Conversation. I listened to this book on my trip to MO. I have been wrestling with a personal friendship that fell apart after a series of arguments and had hoped this book would help me find a resolution. It did not help me in the way I had hoped because I think that for now that relationship needs to be over. However, the book made me aware of ways that I don’t use my self confidence properly and words that I use that are unnecessary. One of the ways I’m working on this is to get ride of the word ‘just’ and sounding overly apologetic for the purpose of appearing humble. For example, I make an effort to sound non-authoritative even when I know that I am an authority. I often sacrifice clarity in an effort to appear conciliatory.

Next post…ear worms again. I have had the song Me and Julio down by the school yard in my head for a week now.