One bit of training that was really hit home to all the teachers in my summer program was that mistakes are a beautiful thing. "Teach the kids that messing up is always welcome. It's the only way we learn. Encourage them."
If only we could have all been taught how wonderful mistakes are at such a young age. Perhaps we'd all fear failure a great deal less.
Still, the greatest gift the acting industry gave me was learning
to have no fear of not getting it right. Instead, I discovered the power of leaning into my
fears and developed a “fail fast” mindset. In time, I learned to build up my recovery time and gradually became more and more resilient.
Remember, failures are an essential part of success. The two need each other. And the more you can learn to reframe setbacks into opportunities to solve bigger
problems most people won’t dare take on the further ahead you'll be.
You'll learn to become less daunted by setback and take satisfaction in starting and finishing something important to you, regardless of what other people think or say.
So fail fast. Fail often.
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