Connor Beaton argues that failure is essential to success. He uses a video-game map metaphor: maps reveal themselves as you explore. Act, expect to be wrong, and treat failure as equally important as winning.
I have failed my way to success over the years. I have failed my way to purpose. I failed my way to love. I failed my way in most areas of my life. I have failed and listened to the failures, paid attention to the lessons of getting things wrong and had that fill in the map. It's like if you've ever played the video games where the map appears as you traverse into the new territory, right? You start off in this like very small piece of land and then as you explore, the map reveals more of itself. There's more adventures, there's more possibilities, there's more bad guys and challenges that you need to face. Life is the exact same way. So take action and know you're going to get wrong. It's not about being perfect all the time. It is about you understanding that failure is equally as important, if not more important than the successes that you are going to have.
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