Hello everyone to the weekly activities in hive Ghana community.I am quin.lizzy and today I will be writing about the topic" Failure", failure is to fail or perform poorly during performance.
For failure to be defeated,an individual has to be resilient and disciplined.I will be writing about how failure had made me figure out how to win.
When I was in secondary school,we were to have an inter house competition,debate was included and I was selected to represent my house(green house) as the first speaker.Although the notice came late,two days before the set date but I was chose cause I have been involved in debating for a while,I was not sure if I could deliver efficiently this time but I accepted.The topic was the use of cell phone among student does more harm than good to their academic,we were the proposing side.
I tried my best to study the six points I was to present.When the time came,I worked confidently on stage,I started well enough but because of poor mastering I repeated a point twice and stammered in between,I was so ashamed and lost faith cause the other opposing speaker spoke fluently,but I muster the courage to continue.
After we were done the results were called and the opposing side won.I actually cried after that defeat cause I felt that l let my house down,it was indeed a sad day for me but after that I came to understand how failure made me see things clearly;I will share with you some of the reasons for my failure;
Firstly,I wasn't prepared,he who fails to plan,,plan to fail:This is one of my favorite quotes,is evidence enough that I did not prepare properly cause if I had I wouldn't skip during my presentation and repeat lines.
Secondly;fear,fear follows after lack of preparation,I was afraid of failing and I let that won over me,if I was positive and more compose,their was this possibility that my mistake wouldn't be to obvious.
In addition,as the leader I did not do all well which affect the result,I should have had a sense of responsibility,then I might have added more effort cause I actually took it likely cause I felt it was an internal debate.
I also learn how to rise after failure and become successful,I learnt that failing isn't bad until we remain failure and don't learn from our mistakes.Also, preparation before hand and effectively is the best method of becoming a winner, effective preparation should be incorporated before we venture into any opportunity.
In conclusion, their is a lot of lessons in failing and learning from it is what makes us better people, let's learn,be resilient and prepare hard and there will always be a good outcome,from failing and what have learnt have become a better me.
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