"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill
Yesterday, our instructor (and founder of Coder Camps) David Graham, promised to blow our minds... And he delivered. But somewhere nestled in our discussion on Adapters, Repository Patterns & Unit Testing, we had a great talk about failure, success, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit.
David, an admitted serial entrepreneur, shared with us his experiences trying out different business ideas and how his ability to forget the failures has helped him on his path to success. One of these, a camping goods store, had the humorous advertising campaign written on the board.
I can certainly relate to dealing with failures, as most people can. And among our troop, it seemed to be unanimous that getting over failure is a part of life, and is often a prerequisite to success.
So often, we find something or someone to blame for our failures, and let it paralyze us. It's much harder (but in the end more rewarding) to take responsibility for our failures, and learn to treat each failure as a stepping stone to success.
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