{"id":138959,"date":"2024-01-14T20:08:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/14\/if-you-dont-fail-you-cant-be-successful\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T20:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:08:42","slug":"if-you-dont-fail-you-cant-be-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/14\/if-you-dont-fail-you-cant-be-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIf You Don\u2019t Fail, You Can\u2019t Be Successful\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Funke Akindele, a Nigerian filmmaker and actress, has spoken up about her divorce from ex husband JJC Skillz.<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of her film \u201cA Tribe Called Judah,\u201d Funke has been in the headlines for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-906636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_2163.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"619\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>She has accomplished a great deal in her life, but she has also had her fair share of setbacks, including two unsuccessful marriages.<\/p>\n<p>Funke Akindele recently discussed these \u201cfailures\u201d and why she doesn\u2019t think of them as such in an interview with Joyce on Wazobia.<\/p>\n<p>According to Funke Akindele:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><em><span class=\"s3\">\u201cIf you don\u2019t fail, you can\u2019t be successful. You have to keep trying. Like when a child is trying to walk, the child will walk small and just fall off. So it\u2019s normal for you to fall but you just have to pick yourself and rise again.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: \u201cMohbad Appeared To Me, Told Me He Couldn\u2019t Go To Heaven\u201d \u2013 Prophetess Adetoun Reveals<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><em><span class=\"s3\">For me, I see failure, I see challenges, I see obstacles, as part of life. My mum raised me like that. My mum will say if you do not fail, if you do not fall, you cannot succeed. So you have to keep going. And note, I do not even see the failures.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><em><span class=\"s3\">If you ask me now can you tell me one failure, I don\u2019t see it as a failure. My personal life \u2013 marriage, I just take it as it comes. My mental health is very important. My career is very important, darling. I have to make an impact. I have to empower a lot of people. I have to inspire young people out there. I have to stay strong for my children and my siblings. Why am I living? I have a purpose, so my head is up. Yes I cry, yes I break down, but after I cry, I just look in the mirror and say \u201cKeep moving\u201d.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2101642229\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funke Akindele, a Nigerian filmmaker and actress, has spoken up about her divorce from ex husband JJC Skillz. 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