We often fail in our efforts and attempts-will you quit when you fail?

India
December 11, 2009 11:26am CST
We all have our own aims and goals in life and we work hard to achieve them. Life is a game where you can win sometimes and lose some times. Some people quit when they fail.On the other hand some will not give up all that easily ( I am sure you all belong to this category, otherwise you won't be here, right?) Do you give up when you meet failures in life?
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@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
12 Dec 09
I hate to be called a loser. But I know for sure that in every game we played in life we are bound to lose or win. If i pursue something and I failed...I must accept it. When you knew its not possible to happen, just let go and find other opportunities.
• India
12 Dec 09
Yes, lyzabelle. I accept my failures and if I understand that there is no use in continuing the efforts I would quit.If I have hopes I will never give up.
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@vandana7 (99121)
• India
12 Dec 09
Hi vijayanths, I am as falliable as the rest (may be more so). :) I do try to get up and continue. At times I get up and continue, at times it is the grapes too sour attitude, and at yet other times, my attention gets diverted towards some other objective. In general though I move with if this works this then this, else this, else this, and else this. So there are four or five stages of failures to really accept a situation before it can be termed as a total failure. I will check the next time when and why I give up and let you know. :)
• India
12 Dec 09
In that way you can never specialize a field Vandana. I did the mistake of involving myself into too many businesses and ended up with not so good results in my efforts. I am looking forward to hear from you success and failure both, thanks.
@vandana7 (99121)
• India
14 Dec 09
In a recent instance, I showed considerable patience, I did not quit. But it may not always be true. This was possible, at other times, there may be impossible situations or difficult situations, where I may just say Ah!, well, forget it. So there is no fixed pattern that I have in this regard. :)
• Philippines
12 Dec 09
I do not instantly give up but I rest from it. When I meet failure I try to analyze what mistake I did to make it fail before trying again. I try again hoping to have success for the second time and third time. Giving up means you will never try again, or you will never walk on the same road again. I am not like that. It is better to analyze and work hard again then stand up and fight.
• India
12 Dec 09
Very well said grecy. When I fail I think of the possible reasons for my failure. I will try to rectify those mistakes in future. keep smiling.
@ck3259 (248)
• Malaysia
12 Dec 09
I'm the type who do not give up easily. I'm a research engineer. In order to achieve my objective in my life, I always try to prove that my method is correct. When I face problem and fail to work it out, I would not give up easily. It just telling me the method does not work and I won't repeat the same mistake again. Failure just like a lesson for me. So failure actually is the best things in our life. We learn from mistake. If we couldn't learn from mistakes, it is the greatest disaster in our life.
• India
12 Dec 09
That is the main quality a research person must have , I think, so you are fit to be a research engineer. I always RESPECT research people a lot.
• Philippines
11 Dec 09
Hi. For me, failure is inevitable and we just have to learn how to deal with it. Some people react to failures negatively that they could not get up very easily. But for many - including me, the basic lesson for succeeding is to learn how to fall (fail) without getting hurt. How? I make all my past failures as the stepping stones on the path to fulfillment of my greatest dreams. I learn from failures as much as from my successes. I guess this could be explained best by a lesson I've read in a book saying that "when something or someone knocks you down, roll with the fall and jump right back into the game of life."
• Philippines
13 Dec 09
Wow, great quote: "Failure is a success postponed." - vijayanths. I'll add this to my quote collection. Thanks.
• India
12 Dec 09
Its true that often we fail in our effrots and attempts, because practical life is very hard. But we should not keep the tendency of quit when we will fail. This will advesrely effect our lives. Like this we can't never achieve anything in our lives. We should "try and try till we success".
• India
12 Dec 09
yes, sandipanbhuiya that is the attitude I love. sandipanbhuiya
• United States
12 Dec 09
I never quit when I meet failure. I believe failure is only failure when you quit; never to attempt again. When you fail at something, you always have the chance to get up and try things again; to come at a problem at a new angle and with a new plan. If you refuse to give up no matter what, you will never experience failure. At some point you will always achieve your goals.
@eshaan (6188)
• India
23 Dec 09
Considerign online earnings..i have never given up though i have failed many times..lost a lot of money..still i am going on moving forward with no views to stop...i dont give up so easily in any condition..i fight till the end..that is my nature..
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
13 Dec 09
hi vijayanths no failure is something we all have to deal with and if we stand fast and try again we can often succeed and do better than we thought we could. I have given up when there did not seem to be anything I could do but just hope, and often that was enough. so I do not often give up but keep trying and often I have seen some success.
@shobhan51 (376)
• Malaysia
21 Dec 09
Vijayanth, for me failure is always a step towards success. Without failure we won't know what is success. It's equally important that we fail at times so that we build ourselves to be stronger mentally and emotionally. Children should be taught at an early age to manage failure, and motivate themselves each time they stumble and fall. We all know that each of us have strong and weak areas. Only superhumans are strong in all areas. So let it be. Failure and success is part of life, just like day and night and fair weather and storm. Cheers.