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comment by Ubernox
Ubernox  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you deal with failure?

The healthiest view of failure is also the most clichéd view of it. There are ample quotes out there along the lines of "Failure is merely another step on the journey towards success" and even though I'm sure we're all sick of them by now, they do have truth in them.

When you fail, brooding about it or wallowing in it won't do much good - even though those always look like the most gratifying options at the time. No, the best option is always to just pick yourself up and try again/keep going. "Nunc Coepi."





AnSionnachRua  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The road to wisdom? — Well, it’s plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less.
- Piet Hein

Or, from a popular cartoon:

    Dude, sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.
- Jake, 'Adventure Time'.
lil  ·  4334 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett

thenewgreen  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree but sometimes it really is wise to realize that the failure may have occurred because the idea is inherently flawed. Pick yourself up -great idea. Keep going -maybe, but perhaps in a completely different direction.

Ubernox  ·  4335 days ago  ·  link  ·  

True, there's that. Maybe - if you fail many times, repeatedly - it is wise to reconsider your methods, and to reassess your situation. Many great feats have required umpteen failures to achieve, however, and if people just gave up or changed their mind after the first dozen of them then these great feats would never have been grasped.

There is a thin line between determination and stubbornness maybe.