a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by thenewgreen
thenewgreen  ·  4418 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you deal with failure?

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  ·  4418 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.