Inspirational Video: If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived

This is a short inspirational video that is extremely popular by virtue of over 5 million views. You may have seen it before, but it’s worth viewing again and again.

It gives so many examples of those that have overcome defeat, failure, and a host of difficulties to go on to succeed. They had an overwhelming desire to succeed, to follow their passion, and worked their tails off to make it happen. They did not rely on the opinions of others; instead, they relied on their own gut instincts and drive, looking at failure as something not to be identified with, but as something to embrace, a necessity to get to where they wanted to go.

The examples listed are

• Lucille Ball
• The Beatles
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Michael Jordan
• Thomas Edison
• Walt Disney
• Abraham Lincoln

If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived

If you’re not failing in some way and making mistakes, you’re probably not trying hard enough, or moving fast enough. Believe me, I know – the mistakes I’ve made would fill volumes of books.

What are you failing at right now, and how are you learning and adjusting? Let me know in the comments below.