Failure is not the Opposite of Success

By M-Power

It’s International Day of Failure.  Did you catch that? International! We could change it to global. EVERYONE makes mistakes and those mistakes can lead us to feel like a failure.  Why, if everyone makes mistakes do we jump to failure? As a professional psychologist, can I tell you that you are never wrong about how you feel?  How you feel is 100% consistent with how you think. Feelings are a natural consequence of our thought patterns. Our thoughts lead to our feelings and that should give you a hint on where to start overcoming the feelings of failure. We think of success as attaining or arriving at a goal. Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of it. Dr. John Maxwell wrote a book called, “Failing Forward.” I love that title. Does it change how you feel about failing? Robert Kiyosaki wrote, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” He…

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Reframe Failure as Miss Takes

By M-Power

When we film for YouTube, sometimes we have miss takes. Our miss takes occur because we might have set up the lighting at the wrong angle, a loud noise occurred or I just messed up. The film is stopped and we begin again.  We get tipped over when we look at our mistakes as failures. That word leads to a different perspective that causes people to give up.  The fear of failure causes people to not even venture, to not even try something because they are afraid of failing.  We rob ourselves of valuable learning experiences by not trying.   If we can reframe our fear of failure a little differently, then we might want to try again. Robert Kiyosaki is the best-selling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, and he said, if you really want to succeed, start failing faster.  He knows that on the road to success, there are going to be miss…

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Best Books for Entrepreneurs

By M-Power

In much of my coaching, I get to work with entrepreneurs. People like you who want to make a difference. Today, I’ll cover my tips for the top 10 books for entrepreneurs. You might know I have written a book, Pathological Positivity. I’m not going to put it on the list because it was too hard to narrow it down anyway. Honestly, it starts with your mindset and my book deals with that. If you want to read it, I will help you to get it by giving it to you for free, if you will just pay the shipping. Go to drpauljenkins.com. This book tells you more about my journey and how I learned about everything that I share here on the channel. I want to share that with you, so, I will throw that out first. This, I think is the starting place for changing your mindset about…

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