Ever Tried, Ever Failed part 2

We continued are lecture on failure using a case study of Gareth Southgate to look at personal failure.

He started his career well at Crystal Palace becoming the captain in 1993 and won the First Division. In 1995 he moved to Aston Villa and played in the FA Cup Final. Then in 1996 his 'big failure' happened at the UEFA Euro Cup semi final against Germany when he one to take the 6th penalty and it was saved. He was inexperienced at taking penalties due to the position he played. A great deal of the public thought he had made a mistaken maybe been a bit selfish in taking the shot and blamed him for the losing match. Southgate wasn't weakened by this and took responsibility for it. Then in 2001 he was sold to Middlesborough and in 2004 he became the first captain to lift a trophy in 128 years when they defeated Bolton Wanderers in the Football League Cup Final.

Then a few years later his career went to another level when he managed England in their best performance in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Not many people much faith in the team, especially as the team was made up of young, inexperienced (in the terms of the scale of the match) but together they defied all odds. England came fourth but even though they didn't win everyone is celebrating and ecstatic with the result as it is so much better than we normally do. Southgate is being treated like a hero (he even has a book 'Zero to Hero'. Sales of waistcoats even went up by 35% as it was part of his icon look and the hashtag 'WaistcoatWednesday' started trending on social media.

This lecture has put into perspective that if you don't succeed at first and have a major set back don't get downhearted just keep trying because nothing ever happens simply. It is normal to make mistakes and they aren't a thing to be ashamed of, there are always lessons to be learnt.