Posted by: Janet Schlarbaum
By Sri Nachimuthu

Success is a word, which is more liked and sought for by
everyone in the world, whereas failure is viewed as more
dreaded one and people want to avoid it. But basically success
or failure has an impact as such, on how it is defined and
understood. Success is generally defined as the achievement or
accomplishment of a task i.e. only the end result is seen and
not the means through which it is attained. Success can
beautifully be defined as the ‘Succession of successful days’.

Success actually is an outcome of short-term obstacles;
set backs/failures and more than success it is failures that
offer us a gift of learning. So failure can thus be defined as
an unexpected, short-term result that challenges our progress
and that which provide disguised opportunities for learning and
development. Failure is often considered as a misfortune,
rather as the seeds for tomorrow’s greatest success. Such a
positive frame of mind ability to see the magnificent in the
minimal and developing a vision of seeing the huge banyan tree
(success) remaining dormant and recessive in a small seed is
necessary. Failure is not a defeat, but it is a chance or
evidence to prepare oneself for a change or improvement. When
there is no failure or error in life, there will be no
change/correction and when there is no change/correction, there
is no learning and there is no increase or improvement in
performance. Thus successful failure is the failure that
provides more learning and serves as the foundation for future
success. Success is not really in how high we go up in life,
but how many times we bounce back when we fall down. So one
should always remember that success is just 1% that results
from 99% of what we call as failures. Success cannot be
achieved overnight and the basic formula for success according
to me is being HAAPPPY i.e.

H- Honesty

A-Ambitious

A-Attitude (Positive)

P-Patience

P-Persistence

P-Perseverance

Y-Yearning to succeed.

It is not always necessary that we should try to be a man of
success; the main aim of all of us should be rather becoming
men of value, which will eventually lead to a happy, healthy
and harmonious living.

Janet Schlarbaum Failing Successfully