In the words of John W. Holt, Jr. "If you're not making mistakes, your not taking risks, and that means your not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes faster than your competition, so you have more changes to learn and and win."
After reading this quote I think to myself "I have made some mistakes", but so has everyone. In the fashion industry I have noticed that the most famous designers and stylist did not get to where they are today by playing it safe. They have sacrificed jobs and have made huge mistakes in their personal and professional lives and that is what they are most noted for today. For example, Chanel was not sweet and innocent. She had an affair with a married man, whom supported her till his tragic death. She wasn't perfect but who is, she obviously took the mistakes she had made and learned from them and took her competitive self to the next level and made her clothing line one of the most luxurious fashion houses in the world.
I, 25 years old, may not be on the cover of Vogue or Marie Claire talking about the struggles I have had in the fashion industry nor am I having an affair but I definitely have made some mistakes. But I have learned and gained knowledge from those mistakes. I have given up jobs with Jay Leno and most currently given a job I desperately loved to a dear friend because she needed one more than I.
But as I look back on those events I was given I get this sudden competitive nerve in my body to be better and faster than everyone else. Is it wrong to want to be everything? Is it wrong that I will push and shove to be the first in line screaming look at me I am the best?
In every class I have ever taken they have said you have to be the best because competition is so great. Well I can definitely say it is and I think I am one very big competitor.
But my question to you is --- do you think that giving up things you desperately want will open doors to other opportunities?
