Angelia Vernon Menchan

Angelia Vernon Menchan is an author, publisher and public speaker who owns two publishing companies, MAMM Productions and Honorable Menchan Media. Mrs. Menchan is also a Budget Officer and former Job Corps Counselor. To date she has published twenty-three books of her own work, both fiction and non-fiction and more than eighty ebook novellas on amazon.com. You can access her bibliography on www.amazon.com search words: Angelia Vernon Menchan




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Website: http://acvermen.blogspot.com
Email: acvermen@yahoo.com
Phone numbers: 904 714 2272 904 303 2679

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Failing Forward...

We often see failure as this complete breakdown…
A total embarrassment…
Oh My God…what will people think?
What I discovered early on is that we all fail…
The key is to fail forward…
Fail Forward?
Yes…that’s what I said…
Fail Forward…
What that means to me is when things go wrong…
Don’t wallow, don’t give up…just move forward…
You can cry a bit…but only for a minute…
The writing game is absolutely a way to fail forward…
Any of us who has written a thing…
Knows this…we will be glorifying in our success…
Then along will come something…
Lack of book sales, lack of support, withering reviews…
But instead of getting out of the game...
We buckle down…sharpen our pencils…
Write again…
Get better…better…better…
Show them, “That’s What Up…
It has been said that the best way to show them…
Is to succeed…
Well the best way to show ourselves may just be…
To fail…forward…because what we gain is an appreciation for the…
Real successes…and a preparation for the next failure….because we
Know it will propel us forward…
At your marks, get set…
acVernon Menchan
02/15/2007

9 comments:

kik said...

ohhhh what inspiration you posted out here. I enjoy this post and will continue to come back for my uplifting motivation. I never seen failure in such a positive light. Thanks for the wisdom!

Angelia Vernon Menchan said...

Thanks Abstract-
I will continue putting out there...don't know how not to...

angelia

Gwyneth Bolton said...

Excellent, Angelia and so right. The best thing to do is always keep it moving. Learn what you need to learn from the "failure" or mishap and move on to learn and do more. Great post as usual! :-)

Shai said...

Angelia, I am loving your blog after each post. You are an inspiration.

Angelia Vernon Menchan said...

Thanks Shai -
congrats again on your Essence Poem

Love and Blessings

angelia

MsJayy said...

I had this very same conversation with a friend about two weeks ago in regard to a work situation. Absolutely on point! Keep rising!

Angelia Vernon Menchan said...

Thanks MsJayy

angelia

Dee Savoy said...

I loved this, Angelia,

With writing "failing" comes with the job. But it's how you face it that's important. Perseverance is the key.

All the best,
Dee

vanessa richardson said...

Angelia, I said it before and I will say it again. Failing forward, loving it, thank you for sharing. :)