Get Good at Failing
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When building a digital business success often comes to those who are not afraid to fail counterintuitive as this

may seem becoming good at failure It can really be your secret weapon for achieving that lasting success that

you're looking for Today we will discuss why cultivating a healthy relationship with failure is a good practice

to start succeeding in your digital business and in life in general Before we get

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link in the description Let's start with rapid learning and adaptation The digital realm is constantly evolving There's

new technology there's new platforms and consumer behavior emerging at a very fast pace When we get used to

failure as a learning tool you can position yourself to quickly adapt to these changes Each failure should provide you

valuable data and insight that can really inform you and your next move This will allow you to

pivot and refine your strategy much more effectively than your competitors who are possibly playing it more safe

How can you expect to learn anything significant if you are always playing it safe Some of the biggest

lessons that I have learned were from failing If you are creating content and people

are not engaging with it that is a lesson to adjust your message If you are creating courses

maybe you're creating digital products and no one is buying them You are getting a hands on lesson a hands

on learning experience that something is not working Now let's move to innovation through experimentation

to truly be innovative This rarely comes from playing it safe The most groundbreaking digital

products or services often arise from numerous failed attempts and iterations by getting uncomfortable with being comfortable by getting

more comfortable with failure You'll be more willing to take those calculated risks and experiment

with different ideas The mindset behind this really fosters creativity and can lead to those bigger breakthroughs you are

looking for in your work Remember that unless you have put in your 10,000 hours really mastering and refining your

craft you're likely missing at least a few key pieces to your digital brand you're missing

some of these key data points I can competently say that there were at least a

dozen times I said to myself OK this is it I finally have the perfect formula

only to realize I was missing a huge piece of the puzzle And I had to go back to

the drawing board and I had to rebuild that properly based on watching another creator based

on seeing what someone else was doing Realizing there's more to the process Let me go

back and refine this process Let me go back and take these data points that

I've just learned and plug them in so I can refine my own system Now before we discuss

the importance of building res resilience and really how to do that Make sure to follow make sure to subscribe

each follow and subscribe really helps push out the content and helps get the content

out to more people Now the digital business landscape here it can be really unforgiving with intense competition There are

rapid market shifts as well that occur So developing a resilience how do you do this

through repeated exposure to failure This really prepares you to handle whatever is coming and there will always be new

challenges coming each step back It becomes an opportunity to strengthen your resolve And more

importantly refine your problem solving skills to make your business more robust in the long run I

know you've heard this before but this is something I really wish I had paid

more attention to Not when I was going and when things were moving successfully more in

the beginning When I was just starting out I used to think that building resilience was just a baseline

term It was just understood and I never truly grasped it the proper way The number one biggest

reason people quit that I work with and I speak to after they start is they

fail one time two times three times after so many failures they tend to throw

in the towel I can't make this work How will this work for me If you are not

in the right mindset when you fail it will probably possibly be enough to take you

out Imagine how many seven figure businesses have never made it all the way because the person behind them

did not know how to fail properly So faster time to market is another thing I want to discuss here

Speed is often a competitive advantage When we think of speed you get there faster you're

the fastest one by adopting a fail fast and fail often approach You can quickly test ideas

and you can bring those products to market This process allows you to gather real

world feedback and make improvements on the fly rather than doing what I used to do is spending excessive time

perfecting a product that just sits in isolation and does not go anywhere or grow anywhere or generate

feedback from users which is very important How long does it take you to go to market

Ask yourself this question Do you ever get there Are you always in the planning stage Planning is the

root of all evil when it comes to making money online I used to plan

more than I actually worked I was using planning as a safety net instead of

getting out there with my own products and sort of facing the music So stop planning

as much and just put things out into the market Let your audience ping back and tell

you what's working and what isn't working This is the fastest way to build and really refine

your products Now let's talk about authentic customer connections transparency and authenticity These are highly

valued by consumers all consumers by openly acknowledging failure sharing how you've learned from those failures

You can build those stronger connections form those stronger bonds with your audience This honesty can

enhance brand loyalty and it can really differentiate you from competitors who are presenting a more

flawless facade We all know brands that promote that way and there's nothing wrong with that in

particular the problem is there's nothing real being conveyed in those messages So myself as an example I

can relate better to someone who tells me they made a mistake This is what

they did This is how they learned from that mistake versus someone who is always presenting themselves

as flawless never making mistakes Now this does not mean you should be spending your

whole time creating your content on your mistake solely But admitting there were mistakes admitting there

were bumps in the road which we all know deep down how you got there there had to

have been mistakes It's a good idea I like to blend about 10% of mistakes

into my content because I want you to know I believe learning from mistakes is a much better tool

than just me conveying a message If I can give a mistake or a problem that I learned from I

think it's an easier way to remember that and I think it will stick in your

memory much better At least it does for me So in conclusion mastering the art of failure this is

one of the most effective paths to success in your digital business and your personal brand and

your content creation When you reframe failure as a valuable tool for learning this is

where you can position yourself for growth position yourself for that innovation and that change that you are looking for

So take the time embrace failing learn from failing and use it to take your

business to take your brand to the level that you want it to go again Thank you for

being here and being part of the channels If you would like to take a structured

course into content creation into building your digital products into growing your brand you can find links in the

description you can find links on the channel and I'll see you in the next