scratches in my mind
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By Paul StewartPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
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is failure failure?
success waiting to happen
what's real failure?
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Comments (13)
Great questions! Failure is a part of life, but not indefinite. Unless you give up.
Lovely and truly thought provoking (fitting of the subtitle), for all the right reasons! Real failure, I think, is a lot less common than the definition implies!
Hmmmm. Something to think about. I consider "failure failure" the inability of those folks who decide to be bigoted and racist, malicious, thoughtless, self-absorbed and entitled, and hateful. That's failure on a societal level. That's rather "real" failure, IMO.
Not trying, that's real failure.
Well, what's real failure? Does it even exist? Does it happen when you say it's happened?
Hmmm, real failure. I think it's when we prioritise others more than ourselves. Real failure is failing to be there for ourselves when we need us the most. I hope that makes sense 😅😅
I think John is right, failure is not being brave enough to try. 😊
Is this a regular question or just rhetorical? I can never tell. I was going to say you only fail if you give up, but now I’m wondering if this is a trick question. There are so many different kinds of questions. Better read it again to make sure. Maybe if I read it backwards? Well THAT didn’t help. OK, I give up. What’s real failure? Never trying at all?
A perennially pertinent question!
Nice. Real failure is unique to all of us isn't it?
You learn so much more from what you do wrong than what you do right. Thoughtful stuff!
Failure is what I do every day to teach me the right way
Liked the title, the image choice, and each line!