This is an area that people often don’t cover when discussing goals.  Failure is the thing most of us spend the greatest amount of energy trying to avoid.  We beat ourselves up, feel rotten and then give up completely.

So what is failure?  The Law of Feedback states:  there is no failure; there is only feedback.  Failure means that you tried a strategy and it did not work.  So what should you do?  It's simple.  You should try something else.

If you are failing, you are in great company.  Most of the super achievers in history failed more often than anyone else.  The difference is that they followed certain strategies so that failure did not defeat them.

Turn failure into success:

• Take action - Fear of failure immobilizes you. To overcome this fear, you must act. 
• Persist - Successful people don’t give up.
• Don’t take failure personally - Failure is an event not a personality characteristic.
• Do things differently - If what you are doing isn’t working, do something else.
• Look for a positive result from the experience.

The bottom line is: embrace "failure".  Because if you are failing, you are learning; and if you are learning, you are growing.  And growing is really what achieving goals, and life, is all about.

To read "Part 1: "Setting Resolutions That Are Really Smart" Click Here
To read "Part 2: "Your Values Are Essential" Click Here
To read "Part 3: "Keep it in your focus" Click Here
To read "Part 4: "The Power of Imagining your Goals" Click Here