WEBVTT - MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT: Learn to fail forward 📈

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying, wood, and this is your motivational moment for

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<v Speaker 1>this week, and we're all going to fail forward. I

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<v Speaker 1>know I often relate back to my kids, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>because I think my kids teach me probably a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more than I teach them. But I am teaching both

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<v Speaker 1>my little girls to ride their bikes at the moment,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are crashes, there are moments of fall down,

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<v Speaker 1>get up, dust yourself off, and get back on that bike.

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<v Speaker 1>And yes, I'm literally teaching my kids to ride a bike.

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<v Speaker 1>But it is the best metaphor for life. And we

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<v Speaker 1>know we all failed forward as kids because we were

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<v Speaker 1>encouraged or sometimes forced to get back up, brush ourselves off,

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<v Speaker 1>and go again. But as adults without our parents watching over,

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<v Speaker 1>so without that same pressure or perhaps saying, oh do

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<v Speaker 1>I really need to learn that as an adult? Does

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<v Speaker 1>it matter? You know? The things that we tend to

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<v Speaker 1>tell ourselves, we often don't like to fail full stop.

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<v Speaker 1>We try something, it doesn't work out, We go no,

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<v Speaker 1>not for me, and we walk away from it, often

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<v Speaker 1>forever because it's so easy in our adult life when

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<v Speaker 1>we can sidestep things and remove ourselves from things. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's a million different ways in our adult life without

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<v Speaker 1>Mum or Dad telling us no, no, up, you get

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<v Speaker 1>go again, where we can just avoid these things continuously,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're doing ourselves a massive disservice. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 1>people that inspire me the most, the people that I

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<v Speaker 1>look up to the most, not famous people, just people

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<v Speaker 1>in my close friendship groups, are those that get themselves

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<v Speaker 1>out of their comfort zone. They tend to absolutely achieve

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<v Speaker 1>the most and be the most content and satisfied and

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<v Speaker 1>happy in their life because they like to get themselves

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<v Speaker 1>out of their comfort zone. And so we need to

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<v Speaker 1>do that in our adult life. I mean, it's the

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<v Speaker 1>old saying it's better to have tried and failed than

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<v Speaker 1>to have not tried at all. And this is something

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<v Speaker 1>that we do daily, if not multiple times a day

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<v Speaker 1>as kids, and yet we completely forget that advice. So

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<v Speaker 1>we don't heed the advice that we give our own

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<v Speaker 1>kids in our adult life. I'm sure if you look

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<v Speaker 1>back over the last six or twelve months in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>there would be something that jumps off the page. I

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<v Speaker 1>said I was going to give that a go. I

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<v Speaker 1>probably gave it a three out of ten half assed

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<v Speaker 1>effort once put it in the too hard basket, removed

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<v Speaker 1>myself from it, avoided it, never went back to it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to go back to that. I know.

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<v Speaker 1>I can think about ten things that I've definitely done

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<v Speaker 1>in that category. I want to learn a musical instrument,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to do a few different things, and it's just, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it hasn't happened, and it needs to happen, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to make it happen. So I think the important

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<v Speaker 1>part of failing forward is every time we fail forward,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a learning that means next time we try it,

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<v Speaker 1>we're a better version of ourselves or a closer to

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<v Speaker 1>achieving that outcome version of ourselves. It's not that you

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<v Speaker 1>get up, you try something, and then the next time

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<v Speaker 1>you try it you failed just the same, and then

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<v Speaker 1>next time you try it you're just the same, and

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<v Speaker 1>you actually feel this point of hopelessness because you're never

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<v Speaker 1>getting any closer to achieving it. There will be a learning,

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<v Speaker 1>a significant learning in many cases, every time you fail forward,

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<v Speaker 1>and before you know it, what felt quite unachievable will

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<v Speaker 1>really start to feel achievable. I want to empower you,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to inspire you. I want you to have

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<v Speaker 1>the courage to fail forward. So your listener to task

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<v Speaker 1>for this week is to choose something new or perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>go back to something not given the best crack out yet.

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<v Speaker 1>And you are going to embrace failing forward. And I

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear from you what you embraced, what you've

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<v Speaker 1>failed forward at over the next few weeks, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to share some of those inspirational stories