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Failure - 2025 - Week 1 Update
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Journal Entry: I am a failure, and I love it. The reason I am successful is BECAUSE I am not afraid of failing, and most people don't understand that the path to success doesn't go around failure, it goes through failure. Last year was a hard year for me personally, I was let go from a job, then struggled to find a good fit that could support me and my family. On top of that, my wife asked for a divorce. These are all things that make me feel like a failure, but in the end I know that the trials and tribulations I go through are what will create the future I will live in. I would encourage anyone who is struggling with self-doubt and feeling like a failure to change how you look at it. I am only 38 years old. I am still a baby and have a lot of life left to live, until I don't. There is so much freedom in knowing that every day you get another chance to chase your dreams. Most people don't understand that dreams are meant to be chased, and they are not meant to be easy to accomplish. If you have a dream that is easy to accomplish, then you will constantly need to dream a new dream and change what you are working towards. And it is important to remember that it is YOUR dream. If someone doesn't understand it, that is ok. If someone doesn't like it, that is ok too. It is your life, and it is your dream. I am constantly working towards my dreams of the future, and I know that they are going to take decades to bring to fruition. That's the point of have a big dream, it gives you time to embrace the suck, embrace the failure, and learn on the way. If I can leave you with one thing this week it is that the suck is part of the success, and you should learn to embrace it. I am not where I want to be, and that is ok. You probably aren't where you want to be, and that is ok too! Life is an adventure that we all get to enjoy and be proud to be doing the best we can with what we have. This year, my goal is to send one email a week on Sundays to this list, updating you on my thoughts and my progress. I have a weekly update that I will include on my dreams below, this is something I have been doing personally for more than 2 years now, and it is my guiding light for how I make decisions and decide what I want to be doing and chasing. Enjoy the update below and let me know if you have any questions! If you ever want to became part of what I am creating, you can sign up at www.justindcstephens.com for the Employee Empowerment Initiative. Justin Stephens |
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