Don’t forget to check in with those.
This morning, ChatGPT prompted me,
"Identify something you tried recently that didn’t go as planned. Write: ‘This setback is the proof I’m stretching — and that’s good.’”
It got me thinking.
Lately, I’ve had my share of not-yets, the proposals that didn’t land, the contract that slipped through, the promising chats that didn’t turn into sales. But every one of those “failures” taught me something. They shaped how I show up. They sharpened my pitch. And now, I’m closer than ever to closing the biggest contracts of my life.
But this isn't about the wins.
It’s about what happens before the wins.
It’s about swinging at bigger pitches. Taking higher shots.
Probably no one makes the Olympic team on their first try, but "the try" changes their game completely!
Trying to reach that next level forces you to train at a new level.
It changes your routines. It changes your mindset.
It changes you.
Here’s a reframe,
Instead of frowning at your latest flops, compare them to your older ones.
Back then, were you even trying things this bold?
Did your past failures require this kind of work, this kind of courage? This kind of growth?
With many of my clients we go through this. The valley of frustration.
“It’s been two years, and I still haven’t figured it ALL out.”
But they forget to zoom out and see the bigger pattern, how the things they once stumbled over have now become part of their daily rhythm, something they don't even think about, how their new challenges are harder, higher-stakes, more meaningful, how getting of the couch was a struggle and now they are frustrated with not running a sub-20-minute 5 miler!
So today, June 1st, for #ReflectionSunday, take a moment, reflect with me.
Look at your failures.
Are they signs you’re falling forward?🌱
Are they proof you’re stretching further than ever before?
Because that is the real measure of growth.
