If you’re good at accepting failure, it means one thing:
You tried, given it your best, and it wasn’t enough.
You’ve done it, I’ve done it.
If you haven’t done it, it’s coming.
Accept failure to get better, and who doesn’t want to get better?
The problem with failure is the questions that follow.
Did you really try? Why didn’t you try harder?
Are you sure that was your best effort?
In the sporting world none of it matters once the clock runs out.
One person calls “SCOREBOARD,” and the others can see what it says.
Playing high school football on a bad team with low moral made for plenty of occasions to see that scoreboard going the other way.
The problem was what to do to get better?
The school solved the problem by firing the coach and hiring a new guy who took the Bulldogs further than ever.
But that was after I graduated.
For the rest of my life I’ve worked to accept failure as a part of improving.
The work includes many of the same questions from those football seasons.
Do I try hard enough? Would I do better if I helped others do better?
Help For Accepting Failure
LeBron James got help by playing against some of the best basketball players in the history of the sport.
And he got better, better than ever. Some say he’s the best ever.
What makes him different than any other superstar?
He’s got some kind of motivation.
Instead of hitting the cruise button on his fabulous career, he keeps loading up for more.
And he includes his family along the way.
For all he has done for his sport, he’s done more for showing how he is as a dad.
For all he’s done as a dad, he’s done more for showing how he is as a husband.
There’s a meme out there listing all of LeBron’s accomplishments as an NBA player.
One wife, one mother to his kids. No scandals, no police record.
Yes, I’m getting my information from a meme I can’t find, but who doesn’t trust a blogger for the correct history?