I have failed many times. And then some. Some tiny. Some massive. But nonetheless I have never enjoyed failing. I mean, who does? Nobody likes to fall on the concrete. And certainty nobodyyyy wants someone to watch.
Failure has been a huge buzzword recently in my life. It's been a topic of conversation. On interviews. In class. In sports. In relationships. In life. One professor really changed the way I look at failure. And if I don't remember anything else from college, I will never forget what she said.
FAIL. AND THEN FAIL BETTER.
Failure has been a huge buzzword recently in my life. It's been a topic of conversation. On interviews. In class. In sports. In relationships. In life. One professor really changed the way I look at failure. And if I don't remember anything else from college, I will never forget what she said.
FAIL. AND THEN FAIL BETTER.
My english professor told us the very first day of class... to fail. Yep, you heard me. She said, she wanted us to fail... and then fail better. This absolutely stunned me. A professor, who wants me to fail? How terrible! But, then she explained how we need to change the way we look at failure. Drop all the negative expectations. She told us that failure isn’t a bad thing. It’s part of the process.
Those words took a while to sink in. Like, really sink in. But now, I will take those words with me to the grave. It's sounds intense, but this class lecture is one I will tell grandkids one day. It's so important to fail. It's part of growing. It's part of getting better. It's part of life. Don't look at failure as the "end all, be all". Shift your perspective. Fail. And then fail, better.
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