Failure is one of the words that people hate to hear. We have painted the word so black that we see it as bad luck. I used to have that mindset, but everything changed after life hit me so hard.
The truth is there's no joy in failing, it doesn't make sense to put in effort into something expecting a good return only to be disappointed.
It demotivates, it makes one feel as if he/she is not good enough, especially when others are doing the same thing and seeing positive results.
However, failure is not something we should run from, and the mentality that we have that people who fail are not good enough is something we need to work upon.
The fact that a person is not getting it right just yet doesn't mean that the person is cursed or unserious, it may mean that there is something that the person has not yet discovered and if only he or she would be patient enough to keep trying, they would be amazed at their transformation eventually.
But enduring failure is not easy, it takes a heart that is ready, resilient, and disciplined to stay until the dark days are over.
Some years back, my friend told me about Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, he told me about the perks, and I picked up interest. I bought a course from him and I spent quality time to learn.
It was not easy, the whole thing was frustrating at first but I managed to scale through.
After acquiring the knowledge I needed for the job, I started publishing. I published my first book, and I didn't get any reward, but I didn't care because it was my first book, and I have heard of people who didn't get any rewards until they got deeply rooted in the game, so I relaxed.
I published another book, yet, same story, I published my third book, and they were all looking at me. I didn't stop, I continued publishing, and there was nothing coming; it was as if no one was even noticing me.
Subsequently, the person who made the course said he upgraded the course and that we should pay another money to upgrade.
I got pissed off, I have been giving myself sleepless nights to come up with books yet I haven't gotten anything yet and he is saying we should pay another money.
What used to hurt me is his testimony; this guy is making money, but I am here trying my best, and nothing is coming.
I tried different methods, I even began to research on YouTube on how to be profitable on publishing books on Amazon, to no avail.
So, I quit. I had to stop before it destroys my mental health and ate up my whole savings because I was subscribing to my phone weekly to watch his courses on YouTube and to carry out research to create my content.
I was losing energy and resources, and nothing was coming in. I think that was enough reason to stop and try other things.
I know a lot of people are making it from Amazon KDP, but I didn't regret quitting; sometimes we just have to let some things, especially those that are not working for us, go in order to embrace other opportunities.
There was also a time when I didn't allow failure and lack of results to make me quit.
Permit me to tell you about my journey on Hive Blockchain. If I look at how far I have come, I just smile.
Truly, no matter how difficult a thing is, if you give it enough time and your all, you will win it.
When I started Hive, the journey was not easy. Getting inspiration from prompts was one of the things I battled with. I will write all I know, shake everything in my head, only to check word count and see that it has not yet hit the mark.
Sometimes, after struggling to reach the minimum words, I will still be confronted by what to title my article.
All these don't even hurt like seeing others posting excellent articles. It usually makes me feel like I was just wasting my time, I won't get anywhere, but I didn't allow it to get into my head.
Another battle was the issue of my posts not getting curated. I went through that stage too. Sometimes I'll write and only one or two of my posts will see curation in a week, you know how that hurts, hehhe.
I survived on the blockchain because I eventually shifted my attention from getting rewards to acquiring knowledge and meeting new people.
Things became easy for me when I changed my mentality concerning making quick money on Hive.
It was then that I would write and get positive criticism, and instead of being upset and quitting, I'd take the correction and work on myself.
I started writing as a total novice, if you check my early posts, you will understand what I am talking about. I knew nothing about writing when I started, but the discouragement I encountered on the way didn't break me but made me even stronger, and I am still here today, growing and learning new things.
Lessons
Do the things you have a passion for. When failure hits you doing what you love, the odds of it making you give up completely are usually low because the passion you have for the thing will always drag you back.
It is good to want to start winning, but let winning not be your main target; be more concerned about learning and discovering what works for you.
Be ready to fail, because failure is what makes us learn and become better than we used to be.
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