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One lesson I have learned: Embrace failure, embarrassment, confusion, pain. Don't go seeking them exactly, but don't avoid them. If you are at all ambitious an
by impendia 15y ago
One lesson I have learned:
Embrace failure, embarrassment, confusion, pain. Don't go seeking them exactly, but don't avoid them. If you are at all ambitious and adventurous in anything -- entrepreneurship, grad school, dating, whatever, then you will fail spectacularly and often. It will hurt. Badly.
But don't flinch. Consider it a good thing, it means that life has not forgotten you. As my Buddhist friends like to say, experience what it's like to feel pain. Remember that it will make a good story to tell your grandchildren, and try again.
- leslyn 15y agoI second this advice! In every experience there is opportunity for insight - especially those in which we feel that we failed. I will encourage you to spend some time considering your strengths. In my day job, I am a therapist/coach and am happy to have an email exchange with you if you want in an effort to help you think about your future and what you want it to look like. A number of people have payed it forward to me and I am happy to do it for you! email me at leslyn@uencounter.me