Are you a member of Sydney Cinema Club? No. Don’t worry, neither is anyone else. How about following Larrikins? Nope? Same outcome, fail! 

Constant failings is the name of the game and a constant in life when you live with intent. 

Hell, you probably stumbled across this post because I paid Google to put it in front of you 😅

But there is so much good in failing. Even though it feels like the world is closing in upon you at first. And if you are like me, I was chastened to my core by the shame and actively tried to avoid my entrepreneurial spirit. 

But this is the thing, when you fail, and fail big, no one really gives a shit. And those that do, wouldn’t have the stones to try. Because those that have tried and failed big, understand. 

In order to fail big you need to put something on the line. Reputation, capital, time, soul. There isn’t a commitment without one of these things. And the more you go into the rabbit hole the deeper it gets. More stress, more self doubt. And there is the inevitable failure event when you decide that it just isn’t worth it. 

For me in 2015 I decided I wanted to launch Sydney Cinema Club. As a parent I thought there was a gap in the market for time poor people, cinephiles and those socially isolated to gather to watch a movie then unpack it afterwards creating a community. 

Now I still believe there is a need for this but the time commitment and resilience required to make this happen was more than I was willing to give. And my first event drew one person who was an acquaintance and probably felt sorry for me. The funny thing is I did the whole social media thing announcing it triumphantly and when it failed well I gave myself a moniker that had ‘fail’ in the title – a failure. 

It was such a soul-crushing period, and trying to dig myself out of the failure tag I had given myself took years. It’s like I tried and failed so the lesson is, if you don’t try, you don’t fail. And that is a fact. But you never succeed either; and that is also a fact. You also don’t feel quite right. There is a reason you start a venture, climb a mountain, or get into a relationship. It feels right, and to not continue on similar paths just doesn’t quite align. 

So the law of success is you have to try. Even though you might fail. 

Fast forward 8 years and I launched my lyric writing venture ‘The Bardsmith’ and I charged towards this failure. Because failure is an event. It is not a state. And when that times comes you accept it. Take the learnings from it and move onto the next thing.

This will kind of be the same with Pep Talk Australia (which failed so now Failurist). However this is the hill I will set my fortress upon, because it is aligned with my purpose, to serve humanity, and as such the failure events will not deter me. Because sometimes out of a thousand failures you only need one success to hit pay dirt. And when you strike pay dirt then all those failure events will drift into dust. So if this venue doesn’t take off straight away I’ll write a book, and if that fails, I’ll create an online learning program. Hell, I’ll even try and relaunch Sydney Cinema Club! 

Because it’s only failure, and it’s just an event, not a state. 

So if you are struggling because you tried and failed, rest assured that although the experience of the event is unique to you, you are not alone in having tried. Also regardless of the outcome, the fact that you had a red hot crack makes you awesome in my eyes. We are the change makers!

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