L Stands for Learning Experience

I have people tell me that I take too many L’s almost every day. I don’t consider myself a loser.

I mess up every day. I mess up a lot. I mess up on grandiose levels that leave me wondering why I keep trying. But I keep trying.

I’m really at the point in my life where I’m accepting that the fear of failure isn’t a healthy motivating factor. It doesn’t push me to succeed, thinking about the possibility of failure doesn’t push me to avoid failure or losing because I do it so damn much. I’m not trying to say that I’m a failure, I’m trying to say that I’m a normal human being and I mess up. I learn. I mess up some more. I’m done with trying to tell myself that I’ll ever be 100% prepared for anything that life throws at me.

Most of your idols (well at least mine) didn’t become great by never taking risks. They’re fear of failure wasn’t their guiding force. You don’t wait around for the opportunity to fall in your lap. You make phone calls, you take shots in the dark. You get your calls ignored, you get hit back. It’s all part of the cycle.

Try. Fail. Learn. Repeat.

If you really want something. If it’s what you really want. You’ll be prepared to take an L trying to get it. That’s a concrete fact.