Lets Take the example of a professional baseball player. As it is
today, the player who gets just three hits in 10 attempts is at
the top of his profession, making several million dollars a
year. That’s a 70 percent failure rate! And the fans will no
doubt taunt him when he strikes out.
And speaking of baseball, what a thrill it was to watch
Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals as he hit 70 home
runs during the 1998 season. He’s such an exciting player.
But did you know that Mark McGwire struck out 155 times
in 1998? And for his career,
McGwire has hit 457 home runs;
yet, he has struck out 1,259 times.
That’s almost three times as
many strikeouts as home runs!
When I ask you to name the
best basketball player of all time,
who comes to mind? I’m guess-
ing that many of you immediately thought of Michael
Jordan. He gets my vote. Let me share with you this sta-
tistic — Michael Jordan has a career shooting percentage of
50 percent. In other words, half of the shots he took in his
career were “failures.”
Of course, this principle isn’t limited to sports. We also
know that show business stars and media personalities are
no strangers to failure. Many actors invest 10 or 15 years,
enduring hundreds of rejections before landing a part that
launches their careers. And then, even after achieving some
degree of success, they still experience occasional box office
flops.
On the night he graduated from college, Jerry Seinfeld
did his first comedy gig. It was at a comedy club in New York City. He bombed. When asked to describe that
evening, Seinfeld said, “It was pretty horrible. It was a ter-
rible sinking feeling.” But he didn’t quit. He kept perform-
ing his stand-up routine at night. He had five very tough
years. And then he was invited to appear on The Tonight
Show with Johnny Carson in 1981. He was a big hit… and
on his way to an incredibly successful career.
In a nutshell, all these individuals realize that success, to
a large extent, is a matter of persistence. That is, if you keep
trying, keep developing yourself and keep making adjust-
ments along the way, you’re going to succeed. You simply
need to get enough at-bats… go on enough auditions… visit
enough potential clients.
Failure have this power that the power can take you towards Success.
When you fail remember You’re on correct path of Success.
