What if the secret to success is failure?

Believe it or not, success and failure may not be in the opposite directions. The path to success has all kinds of winds, turns, and road blocks. Success is defined by the individual. Have you ever had what you thought was a fantastic idea then implemented it and it was not at all what you thought it would be? It happens all the time. Some people call those failures and yeah, they might have been technically speaking, but business is about trial and error.

In a recent Entrepreneur.com article, there was a reference made to Thomas Edison. "The quintessential American entrepreneur" applied for a patent for an invention, the electrographic vote-recorder, which he hoped would be used to tally votes cast by members of the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, the House declined to buy the recorder. Three months later, Edison sold the rights to his next invention, a printing telegraph.

"Failure can teach not only what one is doing wrong, but also how to do it right the next time. It can be a useful, even transformational force for better business practices. And it is best not to shove it under the rug, because it is, at some point, inevitable."

One failure or several can lead to what takes your business to the next level. Take the time you need to get your mind right to make your next move. Don't suffer in frustration. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill.