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[Igor Kheifets Contribution Level: 4]

For most internet marketers who are just starting out failure can seem like a bad thing. However, I beg to differ and I am going to explain exactly why it isn’t the case and why failure in internet marketing is practically required in order to be successful.

When we first attempt to set up our auto responder follow up series or to “pimp” our Twitter profile page, we most definitely will hit some kind of a challenge. When we face these kind of challenges, we know that are capable of overcoming them, because let’s face it, it’s not that big of a deal.

However, when it comes to something bigger, like Internet Marketing Success, we tend to get upset very quickly because we have to overcome a lot of challenges to get where want to be. Often, newbie marketers get so much upset that they consider themselves failures just because they didn’t generate the 40,000 in their first 3 month on the internet like the “Ebook Guy” did.

Not being able to overcome challenges like crafting a quality lead capture page or writing a compelling copy, can get an internet marketing new comer so frustrated that he can and in most cases probably will quit the whole thing.

edison failed over 1000 timesHowever, we must understand and embrace the fact that failure is necessary for internet marketing success. Moreover, it is the inevitable outcome of action. When we take action, we are destined to fail. Fail and Learn from our mistakes. This is in fact the fastest way to learn – take action and fail.

If I were you, I would dream to fail as miserably as I only can within the first couple of weeks of starting out my internet marketing business. That way I would be so much smarter and would have an amazing advantage over every single competitor within my niche.

Embracing the fact that failure leads to growth and expansion will not only push you forward in the moment of despair but will make you realize that life would be just plain boring without it.

[Eileen Burns Contribution Level: 3]

Well done.....people who take risks and action fail and succeed. How will you know unless you do something! This is also a business of personal development which makes us better leaders. This world is starving for quality leaders

[Adam Taha Contribution Level: 8]

I believe that one sees failure as a period of growth, learning but I would never wish it, focus on it because we attract what we focus on the most.

So even though we know it's within life, to prepare for success is to really focus on success, not on how bad we can fail right now to be strong. Because to be mentally strong is not where one wishes failure, but rather, how ones mindset is when it appears or when challenges come.

Hence..

"You attract what you focus on the most."

Napolean Hill once wrote..

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

It is when a human being cuts all retreat, closes all the doors, that suddenly they do not see failure anymore, when it happens but a stirring voice inside..

"Get up, get up and fight. And it is a good day to fight."

Be aware of that man or woman who has that look in their eyes. Cause they have true burning desire and they will achieve their dreams.

Adam

[Richard Bravo Company: Life Force International Contribution Level: 9]

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Failure in and of itself is a natural course in everyone's life.
To what extent, is different for everyone and takes on many forms...

The loss of a loved one.
Love lost.
Loss of a job.
Second place.
Failing a test.
Inability to overcome a phobia.
Unacceptance.
etc., etc., etc.

The famous quote from Batman is one of my favorites:
"Why do we fall? To learn to get back up."

Whether failure is a good or bad thing in a person's life again is an X factor in every case.
One person may fail and give up on life, leading to them ending their own.
Another may fail and turn to a life of crime as an alternative to getting what they want.
Yet another may fail and muster the courage to try again.
And yet another may spawn a life of amazing discovery and innovation and change the world forever.

Some people are born with it.
Some people are taught.
Some people are shown how get back up, but decide not to.
Others are shown how and do amazing things in their life and carry an incredible story that inspires people for many years to come.

The immediate principles of coming out of failure and working towards success has a great deal to do with a person's state of mind and therefore perspective. Both of which can be manipulated in one direction to another, both for good or evil so to speak and in varying degrees of implementation.

I think it is one of the most difficult processes that a human being encounters in their life.
And one of the most rewarding when it leads to positive results for them and others.

It is for those reasons, especially in our industry, but so to in life in general, that we surround ourselves with positive, encouraging people. That we fill our minds with as much positive input as we can get our hands on. And that we find mentors to help us on the journey. One of the simplest ways to do this is to track down the stories of people who inspire you and emulate or model what they did to become successful.

Modeling is by far one of the most undervalued aspects of the human experience in my opinion. We have thousands of years of examples, most of which are cataloged in great detail, of how people before us overcame adversity and failure and went on to do great things and create success in their lives.

I believe that any serious entrepreneur should implement modeling as a crucial part of their methodologies and daily activity.

This is a great video from Tony Robbins that talks about this:
http://tonyrobbinstraining.com/165/strategies1/

~ Richard

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[Ron Enget Contribution Level: 2]

Concerning finding value in failure -- I love this quote by Theodore Roosevelt:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

[Igor Kheifets Contribution Level: 4]

Concerning finding value in failure -- I love this quote by Theodore Roosevelt:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Hey Ron,

thanks for sharing the quote,
One of the most powerful I have ever read.

Igor

P.S: thanks to everybody for their input, it strives to be one valuable piece of post!

[Chris Brown Contribution Level: 3]

Cher says "Failure is under rated"

[Josef Benjamin Contribution Level: 2]

Concerning finding value in failure -- I love this quote by Theodore Roosevelt:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Man, it's one of the best quotes I've ever read.

Failure is in the eye of the beholder.

I've made mistakes...I think...but than again I don't think about
them. I just correct them and move on, and suddenly things are
right again.

When it comes to failures and mistakes, you really have to look at
it from an objective point of view and release yourself from the
feelings associated from them.

When you do this, you will find you've made several mistakes when
you reach the end result, but can't recall many of them because
you had your eye on the prize

[Jerry Chen Company: The LIFE Business Contribution Level: 4]

Failing is an inevitable step toward real success.

[Edgar Moreno Contribution Level: 1]

A failure is only a failure if you let it be. Rather than say I failed at something or whatnot, I would assume that I "hit a speedbump" or it is an obstacle. Your only really a failure if you admit defeat.