Celebrating Failure

There have been students within the class that I have failed to convince my business venture is viable. Early on I was not clear about my intent with my venture. I had comments from people that were able to make a link between my venture of a tire technician school and an automotive mechanic. However, they thought I wanted to start an automotive mechanical school. After my first feedback I thought I was more clear the second time around. However, I received feedback from another student that was unclear on my venture. I have learned that I need to communicate more clearly. I was able to see my venture from my perspective and it all made sense in my mind because I work within the industry I am trying to create a need for. To others outside of the industry, they need to have more detail regarding why my venture can work. Failure is tough. Prior to this class I hated failing. There was so much negative correlation with failure I wanted no part of it. At work I drove myself crazy trying not to fail. However, throughout this class I have read some about failure. I read a Book named How To Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big. This entire book was about an individuals countless failures. From this reading I was able to not see failure as a negative, but as an opportunity to do better in the future. I am still as risk averse as I was when I started the class, but I feel I could take a chance on the right opportunity.