One goal that I failed this semester was to get more involved in the organizations that I currently am a part of on the University of Florida's campus. I had the initial goal of becoming an officer of each of these organizations in the beginning of this semester. Throughout the past few months though, I found myself very busy with classes and applications for law schools. This got in the way of me getting more involved, and I often times had to miss club meetings. Overall, I am ok with the outcome, because I still have my friends in the organizations and so far I am doing very well in my classes and I was able to successfully finish all of my applications by the deadlines.
From this experience, I learned that this failure was not the end of the world. Although I was initially upset, I came to the realization that life goes on and that there are bigger more important things to worry about. I learned that certain things have to be priorities and that I can not spread myself too thin. This failure was a great learning experience for me regarding extracurricular activities and time management.
Overall, I think failure is part of life. Everyone fails at certain activities, and it is completely ok. I think failure is a learning experience on how to improve for the future. It definitely is hard, but failure allows us to recognize a problem and work on it. I like to think that I handle failure in a mature manner. Emotionally, I am upset at first. After that, I see it as a great way to improve myself and it allows me to get stronger. Failure is just one section of the route towards success. This class has definitely changed my perspective on failure. I have learned that especially when it comes to entrepreneurship, failure is part of the process, and it allows us to improve ourselves. I am more likely to take a risk now due to my awareness that failure will not be the end result, rather a building block for me to get better.
Hi Dylan,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more that failure is not the end of the world! I think especially when trying to have leadership roles in any organization you should take the failure and work toward getting the position you want. If you don’t get it in an election, don’t take it personally and assess what could've gone wrong and build yourself from it. You can become qualified for an even higher position in the future as long as you don’t give up!
Hi Dylan,
ReplyDeleteI agree that there are a great many things that we want to do or become involved with, but we just don’t have the time. Therefore, we have to prioritize what’s important in our life. Failure is an important part in helping build character. As you mentioned, if we fail, it’s not the end of the world. Only one hurdle in a lifelong marathon.