Failure is Fundamental

Failure is fundamental to our success. While it may seem counterintuitive, it is very much true. There are so many things that I would not have ever become successful in had I not first failed, one of those is studying. I have found school to be pretty easy, and minimal studying got me by more times than I could count. However, this minimal studying didn’t work in more challenging classes, and my first test score really made that evident. While I did not fail the test entirely, my score was significantly lower than any of my past class averages on tests. I knew something needed to change because that minimal study time was not going to fly for the rest of the year. I had to learn new study habits. Building new habits took a lot of time, more than I want to admit, but after some time, I finally was able to study properly and my test scores increased as well. Some of the habits that I had to change were how I used my time studying, and I had to start spreading it out over a few days which made things a lot more simple than cramming any last minute things. If I had never experienced that failure in receiving a lower grade, I would never have changed anything. Now in college,

I am so glad that I had that experience in high school, because I went into college with better habits to keep up with those challenging classes. 
In my experience, failing was fundamental for greater development overall. This is not only true for me, but for so many people, there is a need to experience failures in life. Oftentimes that can be a driving factor for people, a motivation to do better, to work harder and to persevere. Many people need the push of failure to truly want to go forward. Otherwise, people can fall into contentment. I started to feel that too in high school, I was getting good grades, and there was no drive to be better. I was an A student and above and beyond was my goal, but there was nothing motivating me to do that. Until my low test score, then I knew I needed to change something, and I did. 

While I took my failure and ran with it, many often feel discouraged and want to give up, however that is where failure is a problem. And in and of itself, failure is not necessarily a bad thing, but it can become a bad thing very fast. Fundamentally failure can have so many benefits for people, like I have said previously it can be a driving factor, which pushes people towards success. There are many skills that are considered important, and I personally think that being able to overcome failure, and adapt in needed situations is an important skill that everyone should have. Failure is never going to go away, and having the skills to overcome and persevere is important for life, careers and in general. 

Pictured is myself on my first day of college classes, I was prepared and had knew I had good study habits to be successful.