Failure

Question 1

How do we handle failure? (6 ways)

Answer 1

• Laugh at it
• Admit it and take full responsibility
• Call on God for help
• Make a swift recovery
• Learn from it
• Resolve not to repeat it

Question 2

This might sound crazy but do not let your failures bog you down. Don’t do something stupid like going on a drinking binge, taking drugs, or even attempting suicide just to get rid of your frustration. Simply laugh at it. This doesn’t mean that you will ignore the failure. When you take things in stride, you strive to face the issue squarely and move on

Answer 2

Laugh at it

Question 3

Don’t pass the blame for your failures on to someone else. If it’s your fault, it’s your fault, and you should do something about it

Answer 3

Admit it and take full responsibility

Question 4

We’re human beings and because of your sin, we have become imperfect and are prone to fail. But God is willing to help us in our sorry state

Answer 4

Call on God for help

Question 5

So you slipped. You make a big and terrible blunder. It’s alright to feel sorry, but not for long. Yes, you may be knocked down, but you’re not knocked out. Hurry! Get up. Wipe the dirt from your knees and elbows and get back into fighting form

Answer 5

Make a swift recovery

Question 6

Lessons learned in the past can be applied to present challenges

Answer 6

Learn from it

Question 7

After each failure, it is wise to ask the following questions:

Answer 7

• What went wrong?
• How can I correct it?
• What is God teaching me?
• What could I have done instead?

Question 8

Learn lessons from your mistakes. Make sure that the lesson sticks and that you won’t waste time and energy again with the same error

Answer 8

Resolve not to repeat it

Question 9

The inventor of the light bulb that went through over 2,000 experiments before he finally got one to work. His contemporaries advised him to quit because “it just cannot be done.” He ignored the advice. He went on with the tedious process of creating the bulb, plugging it in, flipping the switch and watching patiently while nothing happened

Answer 9

Thomas Alva Edison

Question 10

English novelist who got 753 rejection slips before he published 564 books

Answer 10

John Creasey

Question 11

Struck out 1330 times, but he also hit 714 home runs

Answer 11

Babe Ruth

Question 12

He was turned down for admission to West Point not once but twice. The third time, he was accepted

Answer 12

General Douglas MacArthur

Question 13

Basketball superstar who was cut off from his high school basketball team

Answer 13

Michael Jordan

Question 14

A well-read literary genius, who received the following rejection letter from the San Francisco Examiner: “I’m sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don’t know how to use the English language.”

Answer 14

Rudyard Kipling

Question 15

He failed sixth grade. He did not become Prime Minister of England until he was 62, and then only after a lifetime of defeats and setbacks. His greatest contributions came when he was a “senior citizen.”

Answer 15

Winston Churchill

Question 16

He did not speak until he was four years old and didn’t read until he was seven. His teacher described him as “mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams.” He was expelled and was refused admission to the Zurich Polytechnic School

Answer 16

Albert Einstein

Question 17

A British rock group that was turned down by one executive of Decca Recording Company. They said “We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.”

Answer 17

Beatles

Question 18

In 1954, the manager of the Grande Ole Opry fired him after one performance. He told him, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere…son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck.”

Answer 18

Elvis Presley

Question 19

One of the greatest presidents in the history of America. Here is a sketch of his journey to the White House: In 1816, his family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them. In 1818, his mother died. In 1831, he failed in business, and more

Answer 19

Abraham Lincoln

Question 20

Simple, poor people trying to earn a living. They started selling books before the Japanese occupation in a small sari-sari store in Escolta, Manila. The National Bookstore was founded by them

Answer 20

Jose and Socorro Ramos