Most People Don’t Try. But What If Trying And Failing Is The Most Radical Success Of All?
We often speak of success as if it’s reserved for the chosen few. The brave. The lucky. The unbreakable.
But more often than not, the gap between those who succeed and those who don’t isn’t talent. It isn’t timing. It’s belief.
The truth is, we don’t go after our career goals, our personal callings or our business dreams not because we aren’t capable but because somewhere along the way, we were taught not to believe. Taught to seek safety over purpose. Taught to avoid failure like it’s a death sentence, rather than what it truly is, data.
Think about it. We are wired by culture to fear loss more than we crave gain. We are told to shrink our ambitions to fit into boxes built by other people’s expectations. And so, when the opportunity comes to apply for the job, to pitch the idea, to leave the job that drains our soul we hesitate.
Because failure feels final when you’re still attached to the idea that trying makes you vulnerable.
But here’s what we miss, trying is the first act of becoming.
If we strengthened our belief systems not the hollow affirmations, but the deep, quiet convictions that tell us we are worthy of something more everything would change.
If we abandoned our attachment to fear, our obsession with perfection, our inherited stories that say “people like us don’t make it” we’d stop living in the margins of our own potential.
We’d realise that to try and fail is not weakness it’s elite. It’s the mark of the few who dared to engage with life, instead of spectating from the side lines.
The woman who launched her business and fell flat, who changed careers at 50, who applied for the opportunity they were told they’d never get, believe me, they are already ahead of the millions who never moved.
Because movement means growth. Even when it’s messy.
So today, if you’re standing at the edge of your next move career, business or something deeply personal don’t ask if it’s the right time. Ask if you’re ready to believe in yourself a little more than you believe in your fear.
And then move.
Trying might not guarantee success. But not trying? That guarantees regret.
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