This video clip was an interview with Giannis Antetokounmpo, a basketball player, for the Milwaukee Bucks that took place last year on April 2023 after the Bucks lost to the Miami Heats. The interviewer asked Giannis if the season was a failure. Giannis challenged the notion of failure and emphasized the importance of learning, growth, and perseverance in sports.

But Giannis, also compares his personal growth in sports to the growth of the journalist himself and metaphorically to how we could see failure and growth in our personal and professional lives.

You work towards a goal — it’s not a failure. It’s steps to success

In business and life, we may stumble many times, we may face what appears to be failures, but in fact we are being presented with learning opportunities. We can use failure as a stepping stone on the path to grow and improvement.

When we are in the arena, whether it’s sports, entrepreneurship or personal development, each time we stumble and we get up and try again, we learn something new.

Considering failure as part of the process for self-improvement is essential in entrepreneurship. It’s not about avoiding failure altogether but rather embracing it as a natural part of the journey toward success. Each failure provides an opportunity for growth, learning, and ultimately becoming a more resilient and capable person. By reframing failure in this way, all of us can harness its potential to propel ourselves forward rather than holding us back.

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