
{"id":5928031,"date":"2014-08-27T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/?p=5928031"},"modified":"2014-08-15T10:47:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T17:47:18","slug":"make-best-epic-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/mind-body-spirit\/make-best-epic-fail.html","title":{"rendered":"Making the Best of an Epic Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Don&#8217;t Let an Epic Fail Hold You Back!<\/h4>\n<p>Ralph Waldo Emerson said,\u00a0\u201cOur greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.\u201d\u00a0If your recent attempt at greatness has turned into <a title=\"5 Tips to Conquer Your Fear of Failure\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/conquer-fear-failure.html\"><strong>an epic fail<\/strong><\/a>, then what I\u2019m about to tell you will hopefully incite you to persevere, as Emerson&#8217;s quote suggests. Here&#8217;s how to make the best of an epic fail!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Psychic Search\" href=\"http:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/psychics\/search.aspx\"><em><strong>Your life path reading is waiting! Click here to select your psychic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you know you\u2019re meant to do something\u2014if you can\u2019t sleep, eat or stop talking about a passion\u2014then you owe it to yourself (and the world) to keep trying. And if you need an incentive to \u201ckeep on keepin\u2019 on,\u201d then let me assure you that <a title=\"Failure as a Career Growth Tool\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/failure-as-a-career-growth-tool.html\"><strong>when it comes to epic fails<\/strong><\/a>, you\u2019re in really good company.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong> Some Famous Examples of Epic Fails<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for examples of people who have suffered an epic fail or two (or more) and persevered, you needn\u2019t look far. Plenty of famous people have overcome failure and changed not only their lives, but the lives of others as well.<\/p>\n<p>Walt Disney was once fired for his inability to be creative.<\/p>\n<p>R.H. Macy failed at several retail-related projects and start-ups before starting the retail giant we know as Macys.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Psychic Phillip ext. 9485\" href=\"http:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/psychics\/Phillip-9485.aspx?utm_source=blog-articles&amp;utm_medium=blog-articles&amp;utm_campaign=cta-psychic-phillip-ext-9485\"><em><strong>Face your fear of failure and start on your path towards success today! Psychic Phillip ext. 9485 can help.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Henry Ford almost ruined his professional reputation after several failed attempts at success. Later, he not only founded the Ford Motor Company, he revolutionized the entire auto industry with production line manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The one thread that links every one of these people is their belief in their own ability and their unwillingness to quit, even when everyone else told them that they probably should quit.<\/p>\n<p>And if you think it takes money or knowing someone important to overcome epic fails and become successful, how about J.K. Rowling? When she wrote the first Harry Potter book, she was a waitress who was also receiving public assistance. Did her book get rejected? Yes, and plenty of times. How did she make the best of an epic fail? Being rejected made her spirit stronger for the next attempt. She believed in herself even when others didn\u2019t, and the remarkable worldwide success of her books confirms her belief in her own ability to succeed.\u00a0She said, \u201cFailure meant a stripping away of the inessential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Psychic Phoebe ext. 5231\" href=\"http:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/psychics\/Phoebe-5231.aspx?utm_source=blog-articles&amp;utm_medium=blog-articles&amp;utm_campaign=cta-psychic-phoebe-ext-5231\"><em><strong>If you feel like failure is not an option, you need to have a game plan. Create one with Psychic Phoebe ext. 5231.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Facts About Failure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People who have tried and failed multiple times before succeeding have a willingness to persevere and are unwilling to accept failure when it comes to living their dreams. Here\u2019s something else to think about: People who have tried and failed can be sure of this:<\/p>\n<p>1. They\u2019re already more successful than someone who has never tried.<\/p>\n<p>2. Their next attempt at success will not have the same mistakes and pitfalls of previous attempts. We gain knowledge through each epic fail.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Psychic Rianne ext. 9423\" href=\"http:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/psychics\/Rianne-9423.aspx?utm_source=blog-articles&amp;utm_medium=blog-articles&amp;utm_campaign=cta-psychic-rianne-ext-9423\"><em><strong>Can&#8217;t find the lesson in your latest failure? Psychic Rianne ext. 9423 knows what went wrong and what you need to learn for next time.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0If they\u2019re passionate about their goals, any feeling of failure will eventually fade as their desire to succeed becomes stronger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweet Success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So if you have a dream to which you devote all your spare time, all your passion and all your energy and it hasn&#8217;t quite turned out the way you wanted, make the best of the knowledge you gain in failure, adjust your actions if need be and just keep trying. If you want to accomplish something badly enough, you will succeed.\u00a0<a title=\"Success From Failure\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/success-from-failure.html\"><strong>Success may be sweet<\/strong><\/a>, but it\u2019s never quite as sweet as when it follows an epic fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic fails are painful and embarrassing, but they teach us great lessons. Here&#8217;s how to make the most of an epic fail. 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