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Behind every success is countless failures. I think taking the negative connotation out of "failure" will remove any mental barriers for all creative subjects.
by miccah 6y ago
Behind every success is countless failures.
I think taking the negative connotation out of "failure" will remove any mental barriers for all creative subjects.
As the post says, someone who has not failed has not learned. I wish school systems were more supportive of this in the classrooms.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoHow would/should schools do this?
- mqsley 6y agoI'm sure there are ways to do this.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoI'm not saying there aren't, I'm curious what some of them might be!
- cafard 6y agoIn Excellence Without a Soul, Harry Lewis, sometime dean of Harvard College, quotes a head of house, scholarly and not at all athletic as saying that athletes add a great deal to the school: They are the only people who know how to lose.
- mqsley 6y agoI will teach my kids to judge based on successes and to be proud of failures. By writing about my failures I feel proud to own them.