The key to failing forward is by learning to forgive.  The Magnus virtue of forgiveness is paramount to living a fruitful life. Freeing yourself from bitterness and resentment are essential to your health and wellbeing.  Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.  By not forgiving ourselves we hinder our growth, we find it difficult to move forward, we wallow in self-pity paralyzing our forward progress.

We must be willing to forgive ourselves when we fail.  We have all made mistakes, we will all make mistakes, the key to those who are successful is that they forgive themselves and use the experience to grow themselves.  We must learn to fail forward.

Consider those who have failed forward;

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team yet went on to become the greatest player of his time.

Walt Disney’s first company went bankrupt, yet Disney is a multi-billion-dollar business

Steven Spielberg was rejected both times he applied at USC film school yet has grossed almost 10 billion dollars from his movies.

We must learn to fail forward, constantly looking back is a dreadful mistake.

Here are a few steps to promote failing forward in your life

Being humble – provides the recognition for the need to learn from mistakes

Being responsible – begins the process for learning

Being teachable – provides the road to learning

Being wiling to accept the need for change is costly, but the cost isn’t squandered it is an investment in our future.  Learning to fail forward will pay incredible dividends in your life.

Becoming Anti-Fragile is one of the most important precepts to our ability to thrive in a difficult world.  Gaining from disorder, the essence of Anti Fragility, is built through post traumatic growth.   Failing forward allows us to learn from our failures and build Anti Fragility.