If at First You Don't Succeed - Revise Your Plan

Published: Jan 13, 2005

Application

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. - Thomas A. Edison

Perhaps you failed because your goal wasn't realistic. Do a reality check on your expectations.
Ask yourself and your associates why the plan failed. Your best advisor is the person who turned you down. Ask why. Ask how you can improve your proposal. You'd be surprised how helpful most will be. What is the worst that can happen to you when they refuse to give the reasons? Either way will yield enough revisions for another "kick at the can."
Review every element of your plan. Examine all possible outcomes to discover any false assumptions you made.
Your revisions should include when and where to restart or re-submit.
What makes you think you can succeed at everything on your first attempt? What makes you think everyone else does?

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. - Thomas A. Edison

Remind yourself of all the fables, stories and biographies you've heard about people failing and trying again and again before success was achieved. Thomas Edison wasn't the only one.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas A. Edison

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Outcomes

A fresh outlook on failures.
Turning failures into triumphs.
Realization that your competitors fail - a lot.

If at First You Don't Succeed - Revise Your Plan

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