Successful Failure…
Bringing clarity to an overwhelmed mind in business and in life…
We are not to fear what we truly fear, and no I don’t mean fear of heights or spiders. The fear that I am referring to is the fear of failed business and life plans. The Plan God has put in us along with our gifts and talents are a solid plan. That is no more true than when things seem to be going just according to The Plan. We have no problem executing The Plan when everything makes sense. But in those moments of not understanding can lead us to executing The Plan in Our Own Way. But successfully there is success when there is failure. The lack of understanding is an opportunity for growth. The lack of understanding is just a part of the process. In those moments of lacking understanding seek understanding. Seek for the opportunity of growth. It’s fearful to lose faith and trust in The Plan just because of the process.
The process successfully allowed me to finally fail or maybe I just finally was successful in admitting I failed…
My first few years in the healthcare industry were full of fun and exciting moments. Those first few years were filled with moments of promotion and celebration as I was promoted to great positions. I was flying to yearly conferences and staying in hotels. While that might not seem like a big thing to some it meant a lot to me. See, growing up my dad traveled a lot for business and I liked it. He would come back with cool stories. You know stories of staying in hotels and flying on airplanes to different cities and countries. My dad got to travel for work and I wanted something like that. As I moved along my healthcare career I was getting more opportunities to travel for business. As much as I loved the traveling and staying in hotels I began to have an itch to get from behind the desk. As much as I loved the big office and having everything at my disposal there was this calling to explore Business Development roles. The only problem with this role was it was the role I feared to even apply for.
Business Development aka Sales roles scared me because I discovered at an early age its a role of obedience, a role of structure, a role that tears you down but builds all of you up. My dad was in Business Development and still is in Business Development and at an early age I saw him at high moments and low moments. I figured out at an early age Sales comes with this Freedom but later in life I realized there is a burden. A burden that you can’t get rid of because it’s connected to Freedom. The burden Freedom has is the burden of providing instead of everything being provided for you. What I mean is that in Sales and Business Development you are the one going out sometimes breaking down walls that seemed un-penetrable to all Sales people. You are the one that is mentally and physically working 24/7 on the deal because you see the current and future benefits for everyone. Personally, for me as much as I loved my business development rep for my healthcare branch, I enjoyed the free stuff I was given. I enjoyed the free easy leads that called seeking us. I enjoyed the daily grind of waiting for the clock to say you are now free to leave my presence. I enjoyed the free stuff…But I was being pushed toward Freedom…
Eventually I was somewhat forced to seek other employment or seek unemployment. My comfortable state was the state I was no longer allowed to work in. I could see the writing on the wall and the only openings were Business Development roles aka the Sales roles. But I couldn’t understand why but I also knew I had to make the move. As I made the move into the wonderful title of Director of Business Development aka Sales I realized my old wonderful free life was over. My new life in Freedom was beginning with a bang filled with many lessons. Lessons that I know carry with me in my current business and life. Lessons that I have applied and keep learning to keep applying as much as I can to my business and my life. Business Development comes with the burden of continuous knowledge. The burden of growing mentally from having to learn, to willing to learn, to wanting to learn. A mental gradual climb of value needed in business and in life that is provided through continuous growth. That is provided from seeking understanding that leds to added knowledge and value.
In my early years of Business Development, I thought I knew it all. In my early years of Business Development, I feared failure only to realize the failure was success, but only until I successfully acknowledged I failed and wanted to seek the opportunity of growth. Once I successfully failed, I knew that continuous success was an opportunity gained through continuous opportunities of growth.
