How to Lose - Falling With Style

Pick up any magazine, walk down any business or self-help aisle to see scores of titles concerning winning. How to win, how to succeed, stories about success, articles about how you can succeed too.

Well i'm sick of it. I think that largely we are all rushing to the outcome and forgetting about the journey. There is real reward in the journey. The journey makes you strong and resilient, it teaches you all you'll ever need to know about yourself and your personal power. A journey can introduce you to yourself and give you purpose.

So what does the journey have to do with losing? There is a line in Toy Story 1 when Andy receive's Buzz lightyear for a birthday present. He is everything that Woody isn't, Woody is a vintage cowboy doll and up to that moment, Andy's most prized toy. There is a little competition between Buzz and Woody, the other toys looking on describing all of Buzz's attributes one of which are the wings on his space suit. Believing he can fly Buzz jumps off the bed and in a serious of near misses floats around the room, getting caught and hooked on various objects in the room unbeknownst to him, he is still under the impression that he is flying. When finally he lands gracefully back on the bed, Woody says to him "thats not flying, thats falling with style".

Belief is powerful when aligned with desire and goal attainment. Yet in the moment when we are stumbling along, getting caught on things, snagged, held and trapped even - we haven't lost sight of the goal. The fun is in the journey, the falling with style, the finesse of failing and redirecting, picking up the pieces and moving on, succeeding against all odds.

Be honest with yourself, seek inspiration from those who have made it, take in all words of wisdom and golden advice, but never forget the journey, there will always be a point that goes from A - B. Enjoy the ride, experience the journey - there would be no story without recounting the journey.