TAKE FAILURE IN STRIDE

Doing Your Best

When people set out on a new venture or fail at something, one of the few common sentiments seem to be about doing your best. But what does trying your best really mean? At face value, it can mean that you did try your hardest, and put in your all towards something. Doing your best is indeed that, and so much more. .

The key to success can sometimes be a relentless pursuit of ambition, and not giving up on it no matter how many times life knocks you back. This ties in with giving all you effort and remaining optimistic – setbacks make it very easy to give up on a goal, but if you want to do your best you must look beyond the negativity and pursue your goal with eagerness.

Just as it’s important to not let failure set you back mentally and emotionally, it is important to remain optimistic as well. Without an optimistic attitude, pessimism can easily sneak its way into our thoughts. Negative ideas about the future can be highly damaging to the current efforts you are putting in, and can impede you in your struggle to do your best.

“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.” ~Robert H. Schuller
Ways For You To Do Your Best Work
  1. Do your best work by challenging the way you did things yesterday.
  2. Do your best work by allowing your passion to see the light of day.
  3. Do your best work by becoming part of the solution versus growing the problem.
  4. Do your best work by expecting nothing less than you playing at world-class.
  5. Do your best work by giving away the credit (especially when you crave it)
  6. Do your best work by practicing your skills so you become a virtuoso.
  7. Do your best work by releasing excuses and doing important things.
  8. Do your best work by getting up when you’ve been knocked down.
  9. Do your best work by keeping your promises; to others and to yourself.
  10. Do your best work by showing integrity.
  11. Do your best work by delivering more value than anyone could ever expect from you.
  12. Do your best work by making time to refill your well.
  13. Do your best work by having a strong foundation at home.
  14. Do your best work by becoming as fit as a pro athlete.
  15. Do your best work by doing work that makes a difference and inspires others to do the same.

When you do your best, you do it with the intention to succeed. However, it is very likely that you might fail. Failure can have a significant impact on our emotional well-being, but it is far more productive to take the failure in stride as a learning experience.

There are a number of actions you should be focusing on when doing your best

  • PUT IN A 100% EFFORT
  • TAKE FAILURE IN STRIDE
  • REMAIN OPTIMISTIC
  • DON’T GIVE UP
  • TAKE OTHERS’ ADVICE

Often times, doing your best means taking a bit of help to guide you along the path to success. Taking into account the experience of others can offer you a lot of insight that you may not have previously been privy to, and aid you in your journey towards your goal.

Just as it’s important to not let failure set you back mentally and emotionally, it is important to remain optimistic as well. Without an optimistic attitude, pessimism can easily sneak its way into our thoughts. Negative ideas about the future can be highly damaging to the current efforts you are putting in, and can impede you in your struggle to do your best.