MINDSET ZONE

Last week I spoke about the Art of Repurposing and a new perspective from the Icarus Myth I learned from one of my favorite authors: Seth Godin.

During that episode, I said:

If we want to succeed, we may fail many times.

Now, I want to correct myself:

If we want to succeed, we must fail many times.

We must build a strong failure resilience if we want success.

It took me a long time to internalize this maximum, and I have to admit it’s not always comfortable to follow.

Two resources that help me build my failure resilience are:

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Sara Blakely: "What did I fail at today?”

See the video below and ask yourself:

- "What did I fail at today?”

TWO-

The other resource is a book titled:Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There

The author Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz create a compelling story to show us how our image of a fork in the road where one option is failure and the other option is success, is a misleading one. A better and more realistic visualization is to see failures are the stepping stones to success.

What are you waiting for:

Just take the risk, do it, fail, learn and try again.

Repeat this, as many time as you need, to succeed.

As Self-Employed Professionals, we have to wear many hats.

When we start our business, we soon realize that we also have to be our own marketing director, bookkeeper, sales person, webmaster, editor, and admin. Of course, we can bring people on board to delegate some of this work.

In any case, to learn the art of repurposing content is an essential skill to develop.

So, I'm walking my talk.

In this Self-Employed Professionals Making a Difference podcast episode, I'm repurposing content from my weekly eZine.

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In one of my latest eZines, I spoke about a new way to view the Icarus Myth.

I learned about this at the keynote presentation by Seth Godin at the Arizona Leadership Forum 2014.

See more about Seth Godin at his website https://sethgodin.com

You may be familiar with the version of the Icarus Myth, where Daedalus (the father) warns Icarus (the son) not to fly too high because his wings from feathers and wax would melt.

We often internalize this message to not risk too much, because we may fail.

However, if we want to succeed, we have to take risks, and we may fail many times.

So, it was illuminating when I heard Seth Godin explain the original version of the Icarus Myth:

The myth involves Icarus and his father Daedalus stranded on an island. Daedalus fashions some wings for his son and says, “Put these on, but don’t fly too high because if you do, the sun will melt the wax and you will die. But more importantly, don't fly too low because the mist in the water will get on your wings and you will surely perish.

Please don't fly too low, it’s more dangerous than to fly high.

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