Failure Club

This is why I do what I was meant to do.

Fortune Favors The Brave

I was meant to be doing exactly what I am doing right now in this juncture of my life.

Everyday I receive emails on how I’ve inspired others to go after their dreams. By watching my experience and journey in the last year – I’ve been able to give courage to those to dream and try.

I found this post:

I watched the “Failure Club” on Yahoo! and I was inspired. The whole year these people had these goals that stretched them to work past their breaking point and put themselves out there. One wanted to ride a horse, another do stand-up comedy, etc.

The one that inspired me the most was Elizabeth Chan who wanted to have a top Christmas song on iTunes. She was a musician already and had experience in the field but she wanted to really focus and make this impossible dream happen. Her journey was rough and filled with self doubt but she buckled down about halfway through and got creative with how she would make it happen. And, in the end, she got a top ten song. I was so proud of what she’d done.

It got me thinking, what is it that I want to do that seems impossible. I love to write and I’ve been doing it since elementary school. Lately I’ve been writing actually stories and publishing them on Amazon but I’m putting so little effort into them that it’s a miracle that I’ve sold the few that I have. I put hours and hours into writing them and I let them sit there without trying to get people to read them. It’s like I’m embarrassed for someone to read them, which I’m not…at least I hope that I’m not.

To the author of the post, and ultimately “The Six,” I will tell you what one of the original Failure Club members, told me when I asked her whether I should embark on this journey –

I look forward to seeing your book as a #1 book on Amazon next year.