Category: Failure

The ending of Sam Lipsyte’s short story does something blatantly unrealistic and knows it – but then again, it doesn’t. It teases the reader with an inexplicable flash-forward, and then in response to the unsaid “do you really see that?” says flatly, “Of course I don’t. “The dysfunctional teenagers of “Dungeon Master” do not, in…

I have been yearning to write about my new beginnings from last year, I want to share all my moments from that time without holding back. I have worked quietly and with patience. I have found real success day after day, knowing that amazing things has been happening. I am so proud of what I…

Most people don’t reach their dreams, not because of failure, but because they give up. Those who succeed, don’t stop at one failure. They don’t stop at 10 failures. They don’t stop at one hundred, one thousand, or a million. They say “this is my goal, and I am going to do whatever I can…

In life, it’s impossible not to confront failure at precisely the point. You’ll be amazed to realize you’ve learned so much if you succeeded from the effort that you wouldn’t have learned. Come to consider if life would be rather dull if there were not any barriers or failures. The word “failure”, by definition, is…

Holden’s Failure to Seek Company Holden is seeking company in the Lavender Room but is unable to find what he seeks as he constantly finds fault with other people’s characters. Holden feels lonely and decides to visit a local nightclub after leaving his school. At the nightclub, he tries to reach out and talk to…

Knowledge is acquired from experience, experience is acquired from failure. I know this too well because I failed. I did not let that failure define who I was as a person and made decisions that would enable me to choose that path I would like to go down in life. It all began with the…

Failure should not be seen as the snake that leads us back to square one, but rather the ladder that pushes us closer to the top. I remember when I was 8 years old, I was playing tennis with my family. It was my parents against my brother and me, and obviously, my parents were…

We always celebrate winning with the people we love but forced to face failure alone. We reached the point where we can’t accept failure because we are afraid of shame. We forget that accepting failure is an important part of learning. Failure can vary from one person to another and from one personality to another.…

Experience had taught George Washington a great many things. His father had passed away at a young age, denying him the chance for the college education in England that he had been promised. Instead of lecture halls and libraries, his factories of learning were to be the wildernesses of the Virginia frontier, the battlefields of…

Finding the courage to overcome obstacles in our lives often molds us into the people we become. One of my largest and most recent setbacks has changed my perspective on life, it taught me how to deal with disappointment, and face my problems. Eight months ago I failed my driver’s test after it had been…