Forgive Mistakes
Yours, your employees, your clients…mistakes are as much apart of growth as success.
Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, American Poet
John Maxwell, best selling author of “Failing Forward Fast” suggests that success is less determined by “failure” than by the person’s ability to quickly pick back up and ask “what can I do now”…a person who holds this attitude about all aspects of his life and all the things he encounters will be successful.
Again we go back to a person’s “attitude” and mindset.
Take for instance Lex Velarde, an ex kickboxing champion turned spirited, young, successful 27 year old entrepreneur. Lex credits much of his entrepreneurial success to the skills he learned while kickboxing. His mentor, Al Labato tells this story of one of his first discussions with Lex when he first came to work with him.
“You see, it is not how many times you are hit while boxing that determines whether or not you will become a champion boxer, because after the 1st 4-5 hits your body is numb – you don’t really feel much of anything.
(He then points to his head) This is where a guy win’s or loses the match.
It is not the hits that gets the boxer, but his mind.
I learned to stand up, to get back up and stand. That is why I was a kickboxing champion.”
And that is why Lex, when he was first introduced to an entrepreneurial opportunity at the young age of 24, already had what it would take to rise to the top 10% of producers nationwide within 2 ½ years of his beginning his entrepreneurial telecommunications business.
Lex knew the power in “standing back up”.
You see, Lex learned this trait well from his mother, Lucy Rivero’s example.
Lucy wasn’t raised with a silver spoon in her mouth. In fact she wasn’t raised in the wealth of the United States at all, but rather sought refuge here after being unable to be granted a divorce from her husband in Mexico for his infidelity.
Although she ran a successful business in Mexico, she came here with little.
Nevertheless, she was determined to make a good living for herself and her 3 boys. She quickly acquired jobs to make ends meet and continued to work diligently. Now she HAS created a good life for her and her kids – now joined Lex in his business and is once again her own boss, owns a great house and now owns her own BMW.
How’s that for standing up?
Stay tuned for another all important building block..one that is essential to ultimate satisfaction and success!
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