Why is failure important for Personal growth?

 What is failure?

It may not be the most appealing to look at failure as we start talking about personal growth and success. More often than not, we tend to consider success as a perfect zone where only the most deserving can stay and march ahead. Well, it is true that any success requires us to be on our toes, but, at the same time, it also means that we can fail at something and still move on. Here any failure can be seen as a step towards the upcoming success.

What does personal growth mean?

How one understands by the term “personal growth” determines the subsequent pleasure one derives from personal efforts. Personal growth is knowing the importance of a personal journey. This journey brings its n number of experiences for us. Just as in the cuisines, salty experiences are equally important as it gives meaning to the sweet tests. Think about wilderness adventurers. How every pain the endure brings forth a deeper sense of meaning.

When is personal growth possible?

You want to learn a new language? You have to move out of your comfort zone and talk to as many people speaking that language as possible.

You want to drive a car? You got to move away from the safer open field and move onto a solid road and push out of your comfort zone constantly.

The relation between comfort zone and failure!

The Comfort zone feeds on our failures. Failure can’t exist if we move out of our comfort zone. The Comfort zone is addictive and those of us who are in it, find it difficult to push through it. Since there is a strong relationship between comfort zone and failure, this spiral has to be broken down. The more time spent in the downhill spiral; the stronger the bond gets which means it gets harder to break.

How do we break free from our comfort zone?

The Comfort zone can be broken with an arrow focused rush.

Scared of stage appearance? Don’t let the opportunity of stage appearance go away.

Scared of water? Try to swim more.

The central idea here is to face your fears as much as possible. The bond between failure and comfort zone weakens when we start confronting our fear head-on.

It is natural to face hurdles and failures on our way to pushing out of our comfort zone, but these failures are what leads to the best personal growth.