Blog #668: My Perfect Flop
What “My Perfect Flop” Means to You
My Perfect Flop isn’t just a story—it’s a perspective shift. In this motivational blog, Shawn Anderson reframes failure into strength and growth.
Life teaches us through experience. However, not every experience feels like a win—especially at first. That said, it’s often the unexpected flops that shape us the most. For instance, what looks like a failure may later prove to be a pivotal moment. Consequently, we grow in ways we never planned. And with that growth comes strength.
Let’s be real.
This blog isn’t like a zillion social media posts that share perfect meals, perfect smiles, and perfect moments.
Real life isn’t perfect.
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Real life wears struggle.
Real life wears disappointment.
Real life wears defeat.
And this week…
I lived all three in one imperfect day.
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My day was masked in struggle, disappointment, and defeat.
The details of what I lived are not pertinent to this story, but it does matter to know my attitude was left severely limping as the day turned off its light.
The day was a perfect flop.
Because we’re human…
We have days that are flops.
Lots of them.
But what will we do after the flop?
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Start again.
That’s what we do when we want something different than what Failure wants for us.
We may have fallen off routine.
Start again.
We may have failed at a job.
Start again.
We may have failed at a relationship.
Start again.
We may be devastated by something that happened.
Start again.
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Starting again and again (and probably again)…
It’s often necessary to get us to where we want to go.
That’s how we heal.
That’s how we build.
That’s how we reach a goal.
That’s how we make things happen.
That’s how we create the life we love.
We take bad days, bad moments, and bad experiences and we don’t let them make our life bad.
We start again.
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Being gifted with the chance to “start again”?
It’s a perfect thought on a day designed to remind us to BE grateful.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Today…
May we choose to start again on what we’d love to start.
S.
Finding Value in Your Own “Perfect Flop”
Let My Perfect Flop serve as your reminder that not every failure is final. Sometimes, a flop is the perfect setup for something greater.
EXTRA Thoughts…
We can’t control life.
But we can nudge it.
Nudging.
It’s one of the greatest superpowers to ever have.
And we each DO.
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Did you miss last week’s blog?
I shared FOUR Extra Mile Tidbits that can turn an uninspired life into an inspired one.
Curious?
Here’s the link to the blog:
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Thanksgiving.
A day to reflect on what we’re grateful for.
I’m grateful that you signed up for this blog.
Thank you for being here.
With kindness and gratitude…
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