January 22

Daily Law: Embrace negative experiences. When was the last time you failed, felt embarrassed, got criticized? What were you doing? What did the experience teach you?

To be honest, I'm guilty of trying to avoid embarrassment and criticism. I've always stayed in my comfort zone because it was more bearable than the possible outcomes I had imagined. And why are we wired like that? Why do we think of the worst that can happen instead of the best? It wasn't always like that for me though. I haven't done the inner work to pinpoint when that shift happened, or maybe it was a collection of events. And it's funny because I try new things and turnout to be pretty good at it. I guess it just comes from overthinking and I get analysis paralysis. To answer the question I can't remember the last time I failed because I haven't tried much. But a year from today, I'll be able to answer that question. Well actually, I'm in sales so I fail all the time. Can't believe I didn't think about that until now. And what I've learned is every time I've ''failed'', I more than likely learned something that helped me later. So my goal this year is to go after more jobs and keep failing.