I know there have been times in the past when I failed at something and decided on the spot that the
challenge just wasn't up my alley and since I couldn't do it, I quit. For example, I was on the dive
team when I was a teenager, and one of the dives we had to do in dive meets was a front one-and-a-
half somersault pike.
I tried a maximum of three times before declaring defeat with this dive, as I could only do a front
one-and-a-quarter somersault pike. I figured I was just one of those people who couldn't make the
full 540 degree turn.
But what if I had treated my first attempts as an opportunity to learn what not to do? What if I had
been able to overcome the negative emotions of being the only person who couldn't do that dive and
allowed my mistakes to fuel my fire to achieve success?
In this example, I saw failure as being fatal and I gave up. But I assure you, if I had kept practicing
and aiming toward excellence, I would have been able to complete that dive.
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