Failure Is What Makes You Great at Going With the Flow | Travis Pastrana
DON'T GIVE UP BEFORE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.
Have you ever wondered how people can be so great in the moment? How they can go with the flow so perfectly and know exactly how to maneuver a situation in their favor?
Maybe it’s the ability to land that dream client who seemed unattainable.
Maybe it’s being able to nail that trick on a skateboard, just when it seems like things are about to go wrong.
In any case, the secret to your success and ability to go with the flow stems from the same place: failure.
We all fear failure, but in the end it’s what makes us stronger. It means we’ve been testing the space, and working towards our dreams.
To go into this more I wanted to post a clip of a previous episode with Travis Pastrana.
Travis is an amazing athlete of a different type. He’s won gold medals for motocross in the X-Games, and is a phenomenal BMX rider. He even runs his own action sports show: Nitro Circus.
Learn how you can become a master of your own passions, on Episode 624.
In This Episode You Will Learn:
How bad experiences can help you (00:49)
Ways the greats push everything forward (1:27)
What Travis does to stay on top (2:13)
How your passions will help you succeed (3:12)
Why not giving up is so important (3:35)
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