@Shauna, I love your comment. You’re right – there really is no other option (well, there is…but exercising that option means that you’re never really living life.)

I loved the little dog too – I used to have a corgi, so that made me love the video even more!

Thanks so much for your note!

And here I am – my first comment on seocopywriting.com

@Graham – great points, and I completely agree. Business failure is quite normal – it’s like survival of the fittest from a business perspective.

Look at folks like Donald Trump (I’m not really a fan, but he’s a great example.) He’s failed a number of times – and his failures have all been quite public. He’s certainly learned from many of those mistakes and gone on to make even more money.

We all have the right to fail. And failure provides some wonderful gifts. It’s just too bad that it has such a negative connotation.

Thanks for your comment!

Here’s slightly different perspective on your topic of the week. As an owner of a company that fails, you will not see yourself praised for your good judgment, business acumen and wisdom. You will not be lauded on the front page of your local newspaper; unless of course, the magnitude of your losses sets a new record for business mismanagement. And who in their right mind would want to be remembered for setting such a dubious record?

However, from another perspective that you may not have yet considered in detail, the fact that many businesses everywhere are in trouble or distress is quite normal. Put another way, business failure is everywhere around us, and that fact is given credence by the business failure statistics issued by government authorities worldwide. That business failure is both endemic and everywhere is as it should be in free economies in democratically governed countries.

One of the fundamental rights of a free economy is the right to fail. Think about that for a moment. After all, is it not the purpose of business competition and competitive business strategy to eliminate or at least substantially reduce competition so that customers and clients will only turn to your products and/or services to satisfy their wants and needs?

Doesn’t business competition and competitive business strategy mean that some businesses must fail to ensure the success of others? Isn’t the history and tradition of business riveted in failures just as it is in successes?

I hope this adds a little to the debate on such an important topic.

Graham Segal

@Amy – You are very, very welcome ((hug)) ;)

I can totally relate to this post.

Not only was I raised in a “failure is not an option” household, but also this has been a year of “failures” for me. I will be discussing some of these in Monday’s post (which I wrote before I saw this) – great minds. :-)

Failure has definitely taught me that I can survive – it also reminds me who my true friends are and how wonderful they are! (Thank you for being one of those wonderful people.)