As she discussed on Sunday Morning on CBS, Katy Perry was a failure initially. Katy said that her stint as a Christian rock artist was a dismal failure. Then she got signed by a few other secular labels that also ended up as failures. Then Capital Records signed her and changed her name from Katy Hudson to Katy Perry and altered her sound and look and the rest is history-She is now one of the most famous people on the planet.

But Katy Perry’s story shows us that many people who  became succesful had many failures along the way.

If you are not as successful as you would like to be, remember that it takes time and patience and a little luck to make it big. But failure is part of the gig.

Dr.Gregg Steinberg is a sport psychologist to many professional athletes, motivational speaker, business keynote speaker and leadership trainer and sales trainer. To see more about mental toughness strategies and going Full throttle in your sales, business and life, go to www.drgreggsteinberg.com and see his new book, Full Throttle : 122 Strategies to supercharge your energy and performance at work on amazon.com. To see more about his coaching go to http://tinyurl.com/yemlfs8 and to see his products go to http://tinyurl.com/yjk5q6x