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Failing Forward: Finding the Silver Lining… Faster

In this solo episode, I reveal the single most powerful theme that keeps coming up across all my guest interviews: learning how to grow from your mistakes.

I dive deep into the concept of “Failing Forward” — a powerful mindset I first discovered from Roger Hamilton (the full story is in Episode 36: Wealth Dynamics – how one test changed my life and business).

We explore:

• How failure can build resilience… or completely knock it down

• Why Failing Forward requires mental fitness — and how it simultaneously builds it

• Who actually fails more: successful people or unsuccessful people?

• The art of finding the silver lining in failure… and doing it faster

As JD Tremblay shared after completing 10 Ironmans in 10 days (Episode 37), sometimes you just have to “pick your hard.”

Failure isn’t something you should actively chase — but when it shows up (and it will), the difference between those who rise and those who stay stuck is how quickly they extract the lesson and keep moving forward.

This episode is all about consciously building your mental fitness so you can fail forward more effectively.

If you’d like personal support with strengthening your mental fitness, feel free to email me at coach@mikal.nz.

Drop your thoughts in the comments — what’s one failure you’ve turned into a breakthrough?