Learning from Failure

One of my favorite business leaders Henry Ford said “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently”. I was taught this wonderful lesson as a child that making mistakes is human but it is our reaction and education from those mistakes that will determine if we are successful or doomed to fail. My assignment for the next few weeks is to interview a entrepreneur and I am excited because I get a chance to learn from someone that has all ready taken the risks to build a business all their own. Whenever I think of failure and failure in business I think of Thomas Edison and how many attempts he took to invent the light bulb. He tells everyone I did not fail 2,000 or more times I just found 2,000 or more ways of how not to do it. From my studies of successful people the real thing that holds people back from achieving their dreams are their fear of failure. My Father is retired now and always tells me how he wishes he would have started his own handy man business. He will ramble on for a good 15-30 minutes if how life could have been different if he had just went for it. I love my Father but I learned from his example and complaining that I will not let my fear of failure keep me up at night  in my later years thinking  what could have been. If I succeed or fail I will be humble and grateful that I took the first step on a great journey and learned as much as I could from my failures.