Turning Failures into Steppingstones to Success

...rising from the ashes, embracing failures, and celebrating wins. 🕺

Hey Fammm!

3MTT Rivers State community members are the best! Yes, I said it!

From those who are constantly helping out in the community to those who are steadily bagging prizes—data, laptops, spotlight, and so much more—to those who look forward to these newsletters and leave the most inspiring feedback, y’all make me feel like a rockstar community manager.

Well, enough with my appreciation before you get too mushy, lol.

Every failure is a step to success.

Can you believe it? We’re already at the end of July. It feels like yesterday when I sent you one of the first letters and welcomed you to July. What does this tell you? To me, it says: make the most of your time and make each day count!

In our past letters, I’ve talked about procrastination and handling slumps, but I also remember feeling like a failure. Failing at not keeping my word and sending you timely letters. Failing at not delivering a 💯 on certain activities and projects. Failing at not achieving all that I set out to accomplish this month.

But here’s what Thomas Edison (the inventor of the light bulb) has to say about failure:

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

If you really think about it, failure is feedback; it’s simply showing you what’s not working so you can find out what will work. Our photo for the day literally says, “Every failure is a step to success.”

But keep in mind that every failure does not simply lead to success as a separate outcome but contributes to a broader narrative of growth and self-discovery. Each setback, mistake, or disappointment becomes an integral part of the ongoing process of learning and development.

Hence, success is not the absence of failure but the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. So, like me, when next you feel down about a failure, think of it as an opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.

So let's celebrate some successes, shall we?!

Week 7 Weekly Reflection Winners

Congratulations to all our winners for week 7! I must say that I am constantly impressed by the quality of submissions you all put in. Kudos

Please note that the timeframe for receiving your reward is within 2 weeks from today. This is to give ample time to the rewards team to compile and send out the data.

Sincere apologies to the week 6 winners. As was already announced, there was an error during compilation, and that was why no one received it. Hopefully, it will be sent out with the week 7 reward.

Here is the Week 8 task. I look forward to seeing more quality submissions. However, there’s a twist to this week’s task.

Here is the twist:
You get extra points on your submission for fulfilling the following:

• Attend today's webinar at 7 PM: https://meet.google.com/xad-usng-wzp

• Invite a friend/co-fellow to attend the webinar with you

• Mention a key takeaway from the webinar today

You can find more details on the form button below. Best of luck, and I hope you rise to this challenge!

Community Happy Hour

We will be having our community happy hour for the month today. Try to be in attendance. It promises to be very interesting!

Topic: Innovating and Turning Ideas into Market-Ready Products
Date: Today, Tuesday, 30th July 2024
Time: 7 PM
Venue: https://meet.google.com/xad-usng-wzp

June Knowledge Showcase Winners

Congratulations to all June Knowledge Showcase winners! A well-deserved win! Is your name here? Feel free to indicate in the community; let’s congratulate you specially.

If you didn't win this time, don't be discouraged. Remember our topic for today; failures are steppingstones to success.

Foundational Courses and IHS Academy

There have been some technical issues on the 3MTT dashboard, as such you may not see your foundational courses within this period until the issue is resolved. However, in our previous newsletter, you can find a list of the foundational courses with their links. Also, feel free to get started with IHS Academy if you have completed your foundational courses.

Fellow Spotlight

Here are our top fellows for the week. We celebrate you and encourage you to keep shining and persevering in your learning journey. Congratulations!

And that’s it for this week’s updates! Did you enjoy reading it? I always look forward to your feedback; please feel free to comment.

See you in August!

With love,
Joy Nwaiwu
3MTT Community Manager, Rivers State.