Why Failure is Your Biggest Asset
Most of us have heard @Russell Brunson 's stories about the potato gun, working with Tony Robbins, and setting a world record for sales on stage. They're great! But my favorite story is when he's hanging Christmas lights, fingers going numb, moments away from ruining the holidays for everyone... because he failed. I don't relate to filming in Home Depot, befriending the top person in personal development, or speaking to a stadium full of buyers (not yet anyway). But I can relate to that heavy weight on your chest. That burden that somehow also makes you feel so hollow and empty. I can relate to being glad I'm alone in the silence of snow, the numbness in my fingers less painful than seeing the faces of everyone counting on me... everyone I've let down. You see, the hero has to fall... or they cannot be a hero. If Russell's story ended that day on the ladder hanging lights... he wouldn't be the hero of Funnels. He wouldn't be the person we're all so excited to learn from and study under. But the story didn't end there. He pressed forward... despite the weight on his shoulders, dismissing the pain of the moment, and determined to find a way. What makes you the hero of your story is the decision to rise above the fall. The commitment to get back up and keep moving forward. It's what makes someone like @Rosa Medina a hero as she chose to outgrow her small town of 10,000 and be a force of hope in a world wide community. It's what makes someone like @Jon Pakula , already a hero as a fire fighter, who chooses to never settle, and instead find new ways to grow and serve - a hero. It's what makes @Michelle Leith who broke her neck getting in a pool yet brings love and joy to this group; @Brandon Hunsaker who unites his parents in what's possible; @Bryan Switalski and @Noelle Switalski who are the world's greatest givers; @Lea Ann Perkins who is a mother to 8 children, and still finds time to serve a community of driven women; @Sys Savanh who's able to travel the world with his family while educating his young boys; and so many others in this community... heroes.