November 6, 2025 • 11 mins
We discuss how every failure is simply feedback, preparing you for stronger future endeavors and building your character along the way.
Top 3 Highlights:
00:00 Setbacks as Repositioning
01:19 The Stress of Many Roles
03:29 Refining Through Perceived Failure
05:29 Failure as Preparation
08:18 Embrace Formation and Transformation
Write in your journal:
“Failure is just feedback, and I’m still in my formation stage,” to remind yourself of continuous growth.
Share This Episode:“Every setback is a setup for strength! 💪 This episode of That Will Nevr Work explores how reframing failure as feedback can transform your journey. #FailureIsFeedback #PersonalGrowth”
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Top 3 Highlights:
- Failure is not an end, but a learning opportunity that educates you and builds character.
- Stressful moments and perceived setbacks reposition you for growth and new perspectives.
- Reframing “losing something” as “learning something” helps you grow faster and overcome fear.
00:00 Setbacks as Repositioning
01:19 The Stress of Many Roles
03:29 Refining Through Perceived Failure
05:29 Failure as Preparation
08:18 Embrace Formation and Transformation
Write in your journal:
“Failure is just feedback, and I’m still in my formation stage,” to remind yourself of continuous growth.
Share This Episode:“Every setback is a setup for strength! 💪 This episode of That Will Nevr Work explores how reframing failure as feedback can transform your journey. #FailureIsFeedback #PersonalGrowth”
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Every setback was really a set up for the strength
you have. Now, let's talk about it right after this.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Educate, empower, enable Impact. Thank you for tuning in to
That Will Never Work, an award winning podcast where we
share inspiring information and personal experiences related to business and
the entrepreneurial journey from those who are leaders in their
respective field. Now here's your host, author and business coach, Maurice.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I thank you very much for tuning in today so
I can look back now at moments that felt like
where things really really fell apart, things felt like they collapsed,
you know, and where I might have lost a job,
(01:00):
where I felt like my dreams were being delayed and
opportunities that didn't pan out. And in all honesty, in
all honesty, I thought I feel, but in reality, life
was just repositioning me. So here's an example. For a
(01:20):
lot of you who have listened to some of these episodes.
You might have heard me talk about my health, and
I did not know that how much pressure I was
getting put on me, let alone, that I was putting
on myself to grow and achieve and to succeed in
(01:46):
someone else's opportunity. And so what happened is is that
I get sick. I am stressed out because you're working
a nine to five, I'm a new parent, relatively newly married,
you know, whatever the situation might be. And that's not
(02:08):
including being the best brother, husband, father, son, nephew, grandson, friend,
whatever it might have been, whatever title you want to
put on it, because in those comes now you've got
to be a carpenter, you have to be a blumber,
you have to be a mechanic, or whatever those situations
(02:29):
might have been or caused you. Now what happens Now
you're under stressed and you don't realize I'm a stress.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
You're underne too. You start to literally fall apart.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
And so what happened is is that now I have
left my Corporate America job, and because I was in
a moment of transition, my pastor asked me to become
a church administrator. And this is the church I had
grown up in, and I wasn't sure about the position
(03:07):
at first, but he encouraged me to, you know, just
help out do some things or whatever it was. And
so because I was in that place, I was being
repositioned and start to look at things from another perspective.
(03:27):
For me to get to a point where I am today.
And so during the moment, though, there were times when
I truly felt like I was a failure and I
would question what my worth really was because it was
the church I had grown up in. I felt like
I couldn't motivate and galvanize the troops, wasn't able to
(03:50):
have some type of other type of influences that I
expected to have and people to see me for who
I am, you know, one, because I grew up in
a church as an adult, as a father, as whatever
it might have been, and so I had lost track
of my own worth. But what I didn't understand that
(04:10):
it was actually making me sharpen my work, my attitude.
And because when failure, when it's looked at correctly, it's
just simply the feedback that something can be refined. And
because I felt like I was a failure, I was
(04:31):
being refined in that moment. I was being sharpened. Because
they say iron sharpes's iron, right. And so even though
I heard a lot of negative things, quite a few
negative things, and I kept getting some feedback in those
places or positions that was not the right or the
(04:54):
best thing for what I feel like for me at
that time, I didn't realize it really would put me
in a better position. And understand that when I heard
that that message or that idea or those words about
me failing.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
That was actually improving me. It was also creating a
place for me to.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Understand what I needed to release myself from and also
maybe consider what to try differently. See, I want you
to understand that that failure is not a punishment, it's
not a true setback like that. It's really preparation for
your next step. And when you stop fearing the failure,
(05:42):
you just might start growing faster. Because failure does hold
us back because we're nervous on what's on the other side.
We're nervous about getting more feedback that we feel like
it's going to pull us back, or you know, we
don't hear negative comments about ourselves, so we do pull back.
(06:06):
We put ourselves back in a box and put ourselves
in the corner somewhere. But if we take the time
to really look back and what we might consider a failure,
and let's rename it, you know, instead of talking about
(06:26):
the time that I lost something, maybe it's the time
that you learn something right. Because there is no right
or wrong way. Some things might feel like it's a
little longer than others. Yes, but let's keep your head up,
let's keep it moving. Let's understand that the journey doesn't
(06:47):
stop once you hit that place that you feel like
where you're a failure. And then if you tell your
story to someone else who might look at that as
a struggle, they might see really.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Where you won.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And sometimes when you share from your just your battle wounds,
your scars, it's the idea that you can now because
you've been through it and you've shown what it can
look like on the other side. Now are you finding
(07:35):
that image of hope that someone was looking for? So
at this time, when someone says to you you can't
be something, you can't do something, you're not going to
achieve something, you have truly shown that there is something
(07:58):
on the other end.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
So failure than in you. All it did was educate you.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
And these same moments that you thought that broke your confidence,
it built your character and if you survived it, you
can now use it.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
So now let's take the opportunity to listen to that feedback,
take the opportunity to now understand that all you have
been doing is creating a better version of yourself, and
that the next time you come against an opportunity or
(08:44):
or even a moment of adversity, you now.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Have the armor. You now have the tools to go forward.
So when you take a moment.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
And understand that in your journal, I would like for
you to write this, the failure is the feedback and
I'm still in my formation stage. Failure is just feedback,
(09:23):
and I'm still in the information space stage. Because if
you look at failure as your feedback moment, you're still
forming the individual. You're still creating the individual. You're still
building the individual that's going to be there, not just
for yourself, but everyone else around you. Because the most
(09:46):
powerful version of you is the one who refuses to
let the pass to find the future. And so now
as we look back over our life, the goal wasn't
really to be all nostalgic and all that type of stuff,
but in reality is all about transformation. And so let's
(10:11):
understand that the lessons, the growth and the mindset shifts
that helps you move from regret to resilience has always
been there. We just have to understand it. We have
to unpack it, and we have to realize that we
(10:33):
have it within us all along. It's not always easy
because people will tell you that will never work.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Or will it.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Thanks for listening. Follow Maurice Chisholm on social media to
stay connected and check back weekly for new episodes until
next time. That will never work or will it
Every setback was really a set up for the strength
you have. Now, let's talk about it right after this.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Educate, empower, enable Impact. Thank you for tuning in to
That Will Never Work, an award winning podcast where we
share inspiring information and personal experiences related to business and
the entrepreneurial journey from those who are leaders in their
respective field. Now here's your host, author and business coach, Maurice.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I thank you very much for tuning in today so
I can look back now at moments that felt like
where things really really fell apart, things felt like they collapsed,
you know, and where I might have lost a job,
(01:00):
where I felt like my dreams were being delayed and
opportunities that didn't pan out. And in all honesty, in
all honesty, I thought I feel, but in reality, life
was just repositioning me. So here's an example. For a
(01:20):
lot of you who have listened to some of these episodes.
You might have heard me talk about my health, and
I did not know that how much pressure I was
getting put on me, let alone, that I was putting
on myself to grow and achieve and to succeed in
(01:46):
someone else's opportunity. And so what happened is is that
I get sick. I am stressed out because you're working
a nine to five, I'm a new parent, relatively newly married,
you know, whatever the situation might be. And that's not
(02:08):
including being the best brother, husband, father, son, nephew, grandson, friend,
whatever it might have been, whatever title you want to
put on it, because in those comes now you've got
to be a carpenter, you have to be a blumber,
you have to be a mechanic, or whatever those situations
(02:29):
might have been or caused you. Now what happens Now
you're under stressed and you don't realize I'm a stress.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
You're underne too. You start to literally fall apart.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
And so what happened is is that now I have
left my Corporate America job, and because I was in
a moment of transition, my pastor asked me to become
a church administrator. And this is the church I had
grown up in, and I wasn't sure about the position
(03:07):
at first, but he encouraged me to, you know, just
help out do some things or whatever it was. And
so because I was in that place, I was being
repositioned and start to look at things from another perspective.
(03:27):
For me to get to a point where I am today.
And so during the moment, though, there were times when
I truly felt like I was a failure and I
would question what my worth really was because it was
the church I had grown up in. I felt like
I couldn't motivate and galvanize the troops, wasn't able to
(03:50):
have some type of other type of influences that I
expected to have and people to see me for who
I am, you know, one, because I grew up in
a church as an adult, as a father, as whatever
it might have been, and so I had lost track
of my own worth. But what I didn't understand that
(04:10):
it was actually making me sharpen my work, my attitude.
And because when failure, when it's looked at correctly, it's
just simply the feedback that something can be refined. And
because I felt like I was a failure, I was
(04:31):
being refined in that moment. I was being sharpened. Because
they say iron sharpes's iron, right. And so even though
I heard a lot of negative things, quite a few
negative things, and I kept getting some feedback in those
places or positions that was not the right or the
(04:54):
best thing for what I feel like for me at
that time, I didn't realize it really would put me
in a better position. And understand that when I heard
that that message or that idea or those words about
me failing.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
That was actually improving me. It was also creating a
place for me to.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Understand what I needed to release myself from and also
maybe consider what to try differently. See, I want you
to understand that that failure is not a punishment, it's
not a true setback like that. It's really preparation for
your next step. And when you stop fearing the failure,
(05:42):
you just might start growing faster. Because failure does hold
us back because we're nervous on what's on the other side.
We're nervous about getting more feedback that we feel like
it's going to pull us back, or you know, we
don't hear negative comments about ourselves, so we do pull back.
(06:06):
We put ourselves back in a box and put ourselves
in the corner somewhere. But if we take the time
to really look back and what we might consider a failure,
and let's rename it, you know, instead of talking about
(06:26):
the time that I lost something, maybe it's the time
that you learn something right. Because there is no right
or wrong way. Some things might feel like it's a
little longer than others. Yes, but let's keep your head up,
let's keep it moving. Let's understand that the journey doesn't
(06:47):
stop once you hit that place that you feel like
where you're a failure. And then if you tell your
story to someone else who might look at that as
a struggle, they might see really.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Where you won.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And sometimes when you share from your just your battle wounds,
your scars, it's the idea that you can now because
you've been through it and you've shown what it can
look like on the other side. Now are you finding
(07:35):
that image of hope that someone was looking for? So
at this time, when someone says to you you can't
be something, you can't do something, you're not going to
achieve something, you have truly shown that there is something
(07:58):
on the other end.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
So failure than in you. All it did was educate you.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
And these same moments that you thought that broke your confidence,
it built your character and if you survived it, you
can now use it.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Right.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
So now let's take the opportunity to listen to that feedback,
take the opportunity to now understand that all you have
been doing is creating a better version of yourself, and
that the next time you come against an opportunity or
(08:44):
or even a moment of adversity, you now.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Have the armor. You now have the tools to go forward.
So when you take a moment.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
And understand that in your journal, I would like for
you to write this, the failure is the feedback and
I'm still in my formation stage. Failure is just feedback,
(09:23):
and I'm still in the information space stage. Because if
you look at failure as your feedback moment, you're still
forming the individual. You're still creating the individual. You're still
building the individual that's going to be there, not just
for yourself, but everyone else around you. Because the most
(09:46):
powerful version of you is the one who refuses to
let the pass to find the future. And so now
as we look back over our life, the goal wasn't
really to be all nostalgic and all that type of stuff,
but in reality is all about transformation. And so let's
(10:11):
understand that the lessons, the growth and the mindset shifts
that helps you move from regret to resilience has always
been there. We just have to understand it. We have
to unpack it, and we have to realize that we
(10:33):
have it within us all along. It's not always easy
because people will tell you that will never work.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Or will it.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Thanks for listening. Follow Maurice Chisholm on social media to
stay connected and check back weekly for new episodes until
next time. That will never work or will it
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