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Failing and how to master it

Konstantinos Mavrodis on October 21, 2017

Yet another self-improvement article. Let’s get a couple of things straight at first. I’m not intending to say what is expected and embrace fail...
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Ayoub Gharbi

Very nice article I agree with you and I think failure is always depends of how the person treated it. If you think about it like a step to be better , like a knock down that will make you stronger, then you can call it a comeback not a failure x)

Thank you again :)

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Konstantinos Mavrodis

Yeap, exactly! Thanks for reading!

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John 'Zimm' Zimmermann

It is easy for most to dismiss failure as being vital to growing in one's field, as many strive for some level of personal perfection in the projects and tasks that they try. The thing is, that it also easy to forget that failure is quite easily the reason many succeed. That it is the drive and cause for people to make sure they reach completion.

Sometimes, it is the result of divergent paths caused by different failure points that allow someone to succeed. Others, it is as simple as the first wall that had not been taken into account. Either way, the attempt is there and can still drive the success of the largest project to even the most simplest of tasks for someone new and always willing to learn.

In a similar vein to your mention of Edison, Wayne Gretzky's "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." quote also fits quite well. One is unable to properly learn without any actual attempts, whether each leads to success, partially or complete failure. Or even perhaps a combination. It may end up being like @Ayoub stated a "knock down" and perhaps a one step forward, two steps back kind of ordeal, but it can always lead to a stronger or at least more informed understanding

Still personally working at bettering my own grasp on this, but is a great reminder for folks. Thanks for the article.