Rooster Year in Review

I have been reflecting back on my year as a Rooster to determine growth and how my success rate vs failure rate measures up. When I take a look at all the requirements and personal goals that needed to be checked off, I didn't come anywhere close to being successful. Fortunately I've realized that success is subjective to a certain degree and not everything is black and white.

Some people would say that you've either accomplished what you set out to do or you haven't. Yet even when we fail, if we use that failure as a stepping stone to learn from and continue our forward momentum, then isn't that it's own form of success? Sometimes the growth and benefits that results from failure can surpass the potential of the original goal.

Because I know the value of failure, I will definitely need to re adjust my thinking when it comes to anything on the list that I consciously make a choice not to do. I can honestly say 100% that I failed at the sparing component of our requirements because I didn't even try. There was no success because there was no effort put in and therefore no failure to learn from.

So as I assess my year on the rooster team, I am amazed at the unexpected journey my failures have taken me on and I am grateful for the hurdles along the way. Without those hurdles I would not have developed the knowledge, understanding and awareness that I currently have. I also would not have come this far without the support and feedback from a very dear friend and members of the Rooster team. I know that I could have put in much more effort and yet that lack of effort created some of my greatest insights, but only because I took the time to reflect and figure out what was happening. I now have an improved plan that will help me to check off the boxes and reach my goals.

On many levels my year has been a success. I've had to restart many times along the way, but I never completely gave up. Every attempt to reach my goals has been another step towards success.

Success like mastery is a journey rather than a destination.


Namaste,

Michele Ward