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Failure is Your Best Friend

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Sep 06, 2024
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Weirdly, sometimes failing is the best thing for you. While it might not be apparent in the moment, zooming out and looking back on a particular experience, it can become easy to understand how it was actually beneficial.

Failure does two things for you:

  1. Pushes you in the right direction

  2. Provides valuable learning

Failure is able to push you in the right di…

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