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Famous Failures

• tialys 18y ago
  I agree... without failing, your successes are unimportant. I'm only 18 now, but one of the best, worst, and most humbling experiences was being let go from a job that I thought would take me straight into the field I wanted to be in. Needless to say, I've changed my mind.
• huhtenberg 18y ago
  Far more practical version is: What doesn't break you makes you stronger. I can't count the number of times this thought was the only thing got me through otherwise unbearable stress.
  • swombat 18y ago
    s/break/kill/
    • asdflkj 18y ago
      That turns a true statement into a false statement.
      • swombat 18y ago
        Hardly. Things can break you and still make you stronger. Failure, by definition, breaks you. Both statements are false since they're obviously generalisations, but I believe my version is less false.
• wallflower 18y ago
  I have read hundreds if not thousands of News.YC comments - and this one about failure (not famous but personal and real ) from a Chicago-based trader is my favorite: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=121413 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=121413 "38 points by fiaz 121 days ago | link | parent APOLOGIES for making this post so annoyingly long..."