For any professional, resilience has become an indispensable quality to have to start over. You must permanently know how to get out of the labyrinths that can show up and give you a better future.
Look further than you can see
Nelson Mandela is a constant source of inspiration for positive thinking. Despite all the difficulties he got through during his life, he will always symbolize this ability to think differently and to ignore difficulties. When he said: « I never lose. I either win or learn », he symbolized this desire to learn from his past experiences; whether they were successes or failures, hard or easy to pass.
During a long time, the failure culture has been discredited in France.
All those examples of superheroes, who had never made mistakes and always realized a perfect career, were reflecting this state of mind that couldn’t stand for reading the dark side of the story. They didn’t give the opportunity to learn from others’ mistakes.
The art of starting over
In recent years, we’ve noticed big changes in the art of overcoming obstacles and learning from mistakes. It looks like we broke a taboo.
In this context of complex economic situation, numerous examples show that it has become possible to value complicated paths. Many articles show the two sides of a career with brilliant entrepreneurs who didn’t always succeed.
Nelson Mandela said, « Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.«
He revealed that knowing how to think positively and how to start over gives you new opportunities that might not happen without having a constant state of mind of shifting mountains. In a career, experience failure allows you to avoid repeating permanently the old same mistakes.
Imagine a better sequel
Nowadays, while it’s increasingly necessary to think out of the box, to imagine solutions that would be unimaginable for many, to find innovative ideas and integrate them into our professional world, audacity has become a precious quality.
Nelson Mandela embodied this strength that we must have to push the limits further. He was incredibly optimistic and encouraged to continually evolve. When he thought that « There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered » he showed that life is made to overcome obstacles and project ourselves. Looking back on our past creates many obstacles and doesn’t encourage us to dare.
Innovate
The digital development is constantly opening new opportunities and disrupting the established order. Many startups executives represent the importance of trying and suggesting a new paradigm in their sectors. Those multiple lighthouses highlight paths to re-explore and reuse differently. They become sources of inexhaustible inspiration.
Nelson Mandela said, « It always seems impossible until it’s done.«
In the face of our society evolution, it has become crucial to find new ideas and to think that they can beneficial for our environment. By thinking positively, learning how to stop losing again, we are developing a new culture. When someone is experiences failure, the exclusion of the system is no more than a transition to forget. Failure should only be temporary and lead to new victories.
Translation with Sophie Perrin
