How To FAIL Your Way To SUCCESS!

Those of us who have FAILED actually thousands of times in the necessary process of finding out what would not work in order to be sure what would work- wish we could explain the necessity of failing hundreds or perhaps thousands of times, to those "INSTANT FAILURES" who whine and gripe because they have FAILED a few times!

The "INSTANT FAILURES" get discouraged and quit trying before they find out that failing is a necessary learning process in order to succeed! It is impossible to be a big success without failing sometimes. To hear their complaints, one would think that their entire future was ruined because they FAILED in their few half-hearted attempts to accomplish some minor objective! So they quit trying after only a few-or a few dozen-failures!

These "QUICK QUITTERS" start looking for excuses as soon as they fail a few times. They are so disappointed and discouraged that they mentally panic in FEAR that they never can succeed (in the kind of system in which millions of people are succeeding every day!).

Do these "INSTANT FAILURES" try to change (improve) themselves-to do what this blog teaches, for example-so that they will succeed as millions of others are· succeeding? No! Certainly not! They don't want to change themselves!

They want to change the system! "Down the Establishment!!!", they shout (to distract attention from their failure).

It is far easier for an unsuccessful individual to change himself, than it is for that unsuccessful individual -or any group of such unsuccessful individuals-to change the world (or any substantial part of it) . The root of much-perhaps most-of the social, civil, student, racial unrest (and its disruptive manifestations) is a "failure psychosis" which results initially from FEAR OF FAILURE.

We could go into more complex detail by explaining that FEAR OF FAILURE threatens the sense of "personal adequacy" which thus undermines a "hyper- sensitive ego" and starts a chain of "overcompensating responses" resulting in exaggerated kinds of "radical behavior."

But there is no need for complex explanations. All that is required is the simple knowledge that FAILURE is not something you should FEAR-but just the opposite: FAILURE is something you USE TO SUCCEED!

To put it even more simply: YOU CAN FAIL YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS!

In fact, FAILURE is one of the most effective methods which you can use to succeed!

FAILURE should not be feared and avoided; FAILURE should be accepted and used!

Let's learn how-from the man who FAILED more times than any other person who ever lived!

Thomas Edison FAILED more than anyone else. As a result, he knew more things that wouldn't work than anyone else. So with that kind of information, naturally he SUCCEEDED more than anyone else! He patented 1,093 inventions.

These were not insignificant discoveries, either!

He first invented a stock ticker and printer which he marketed for $40,000. Then he used this money to make a business of inventing things by employing any expert who could add specialized knowledge to his own so he could invent more and better things-faster. As he received more and more money he spent it all on salaries, equipment, experiments-and, more often on FAILURES through which he learned what would not work so he could perfect an invention which would work.

Have you ever FAILED? Congratulations!

Now you know one thing which won't work. Edison, after a long series of FAILURES once remarked, "Now we know 1,000 things that won't work, so we're that much closer to finding what will." Edison actually FAILED his way to SUCCESS!

Edison even deliberately blew up expensive machinery which would require all his capital to replace. Why? To find out how much stress it would stand before it blew up! Then he could build a better machine which would stand up under much more stress.

Are you worried about FAILURE? Perhaps you aren't FAILING enough to find out enough things that won't work so you can learn what will work and thus succeed more rapidly! Remember, you've got to try! You can't get a hit with your bat on your shoulder I And remember that because Edison tried 18 hours a day, he invented 1,093 items worth patenting- and worth millions of dollars to him and incalculable benefits to mankind. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph which captured sound on records. He invented the incandescent light bulb which lighted the world. He invented the movies, the microphone, mimeograph, and medical fluoroscope.

These inventions were the result of hard work, not flashes of inspiration! As he said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." And he proved it by working 18 hours a day!

He worked ten years to invent the nickel-iron- alkaline storage battery I

He and his staff tested and classified 17,000 varieties of plants before they succeeded in extracting latex in substantial quantities from just one of them! When YOU are willing to FAIL 17,000 times in order to succeed ONCE-you'll be beginning to learn the VALUE of FAILURE!

Thomas Edison patented 1,093 inventions even though he attended school for only six months! Did YOU attend school for longer than six months? What have YOU accomplished lately?

Edison succeeded because he used the success principles given you in this blog. In fact, he INVENTED many of them! But instead of ASKING people, he ASKED 108 actual tests. And, as this blog has taught you, when the answer was "No," he immediately asked "Why?" his test failed. When he learned "Why"-he succeeded!

And, in dealing with people, if you answer their "No" by ASKING "Why," sooner or later you will find out why-and that answer will lead you straight to your success in getting whatever you want!

Thomas Edison intensely believed in FAILING his way to SUCCESS! You will not be willing, in just one experiment, to make 17,000 tests that FAIL unless you intensely believe that even after 17,000 failures you still will succeed! The LAW OF AVERAGES guarantees that if you learn from your failures and continue to try-you ultimately will succeed.

YOU, too, can FAIL YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS when you accept failure for what it is-a means of learning (what not to do!).

Then you will accept failure, not as a disgrace, but merely as one of life's lessons. You should eagerly learn from failure, realizing that failure is the best teacher be- cause it is convincing and often very impressive (like losing a lot of money, for example).

When you fail ... and learn from your failure ... and try again-YOU OUTLAST DEFEAT! That is one of the most important success lessons. Learn it. Live by it. It guarantees your success! We shall devote the next section of this SUCCESS COURSE to teaching you-through real life stories:

(1) How to fail your way to Success

(2) How to outlast defeat

(3) How to succeed in spite of all obstacles

(4) How to GET WHATEVER YOU WANT