I'm afraid of failure.

@jricky1 (6800)
China
August 30, 2011 2:34am CST
My friend just told me a part-time job several days ago.Main job is to write some film reviews.The earning is pretty good.And today i got upload one of my article to the website,but unfortunately,i haven't been chosen,i just feel so upset and feel lose any interest in anything.I just lose confidence in my writing skills.
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9 responses
@ronadelle (1547)
• Philippines
30 Aug 11
Don't lose hope. I was like that and actually I never got the chance of getting hired online yet. But I look at it positively. I may not get work from clients but I can blog anything I want on my blogsite and earn with mylot. Just wait patiently. Patience is a virtue. I believe that you'll get there. You can do it!
• Philippines
30 Aug 11
Failures are an inevitable part of life. We all fail in one way or the other but what matters is how we take it. Do we just fold and dwell on it or we take it as a motivation to strive more and to be better? Don't let failures crush your confidence and ultimately discourage you. You won't achieve anything if you let that happen. Positive thinking and patience make one powerful weapon toward achieving one's goal. Nice post you got there ronadelle.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
31 Aug 11
Thanks for you guys to cheer me up.I will work harder to better myself and improve my skills about writing.For next time,if i get through my article,do you guys love to share with me my joy?love you all.Wish we all good luck.
@ronadelle (1547)
• Philippines
31 Aug 11
Glad that we made you smile jricky! Keep it up! And oh, thanks tong_jd!
@wmraul (2552)
• Bucharest, Romania
30 Aug 11
Hey, what is with this loser attitude? They didn't choose your article? Go post it somewhere even for free and then simply read the one was approved and try to figured out why that wa taken a better than yours. Then learn from that and use this new knowledge next time. Just never give up.
@wmraul (2552)
• Bucharest, Romania
30 Aug 11
Take things like this: If you go somewhere and take a breath and is a very bad air filled with bad and intoxicating smells, would you loose confidence in your breathing skills ?
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
31 Aug 11
Hey,really thanks for your advice,i know that the best way for me to be better is to improve indeed skills.To learn something that could really be helpful and to perfect myself,the success will then come.Thnks again,my friend.Have a good day.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
30 Aug 11
Oh don't worry, everyone is afraid when it comes to sharing their work. I guess you can say this is why I still haven't submitted my story, other than it does need a little more work..But when I am done, I know I am going to fight that feeling of failure because it isn't good enough..Just keep trying, and if you need to, either take writing classes or find writing tips online to help improve your writing. But never give up, if you feel your path is writing, keep it up, sooner or later someone will take an interest..
@GemmaR (8517)
30 Aug 11
That sounds like a very good job for your friend but, if it wasn't the right job for you, then that's nothing to be ashamed of and you shouldn't worry about it at all. Everyone has different skills. Life is far too short to be worrying about whether other people get different jobs to you; you need to work to your own strengths and recognise the things that you're good at yourself and apply for jobs which are in your field of expertise. Don't worry about anyone else. We can only learn by making mistakes and, as long as we do learn from there, there is no real problem at all.
@Cabbyy (13)
• Philippines
31 Aug 11
Life's like that..we don't know what will happened next till it comes especially that we are expecting the positive thing to happen,so i suggest you guys''' not to expect so much,i mean you have to think positively but the negative side thinking should always be counted..I got a friend of mine too,shes a girl,she is not one of those spoiled brat though shes the youngest sibling.She can have what she want IF on the other get the (at least)passing grades every finals,she wasn't forced to get high grades at least passing grades is enough for her ma & pa,but one thing i pity on her was that she doesn't accept failures,well not really as in general saying but in terms of what she does,she want it all to have a positive result,until then that me,my other classmates including her failed to achieve the exam passing result,know what she did??????=)...she didn't eat,stays on her bed whole day the next day and never wanted to talk to us,seems she hated us all..well treating her like my lil sister,i acted sometimes to be a good councilor to them in many cases that they never seem to understand what they were doing isn't bad at all,that at least they had done their best.well,well,we all given a second chance and thats how we all passed the exam..haha,now she changes her outlook in that very serious thinking..
28 Oct 11
poor editor ,he just failed to recruit one of the nicest writers in the history of wrold. cheer yourself up ,and dig the potential of you aptitude in writing.the writing field can't bear to lose a genius as talented as you!
@tenrajj (911)
• Bhutan
30 Aug 11
Sometimes it happens. But you should not loss hope. You must instead try to understand the reason why your article is not accepted. Your hope should not die. You must think that failures are the pillars to the success. Your hard work will surely be rewarded. Good luck!
@francesca5 (1344)
30 Aug 11
well if it was well paid its likely there were a lot of people who wanted to do it. you shouldn't see it as a rejection, and take it personally, as you have no idea what the reason was, it may have just been selection on a first come first served basis, or some other criteria, beyond the quality of writing. though it is always worth looking at what you submitted and seeing if there is room for improvment, but thats a separate issue. you have to bounce back from rejection, and move on. because writing will always involve being rejected, and you have to learn how to handle it. though this is far far easier to say then do!
@hafiz008 (450)
• India
30 Aug 11
Every successful person tasted the sweets of failure.Failure is a experience which helps to take decision. If you have failed in choosing your article, you must review your article why doesn't they chose it. You must have to be well prepared about this. You must have read publication, previous chosen film reviews etc.