Counterpoint: Being Successful Does not Reduce the Fear of Failure

There is a common fallacy that success can cure many emotional ills. One emotional ill in particular many think success will fix is the fear of failure. Unfortunately, this is just not true. In fact, if you already have a fear of failure success will not reduce this fear, it will do the opposite. Success […]

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Counterpoint: Fun in Sports is Overrated

It’s hard to say fun is overrated because fun is fun. Kids play sports because playing sports is fun. So once you take the fun out of sports, what do you have left? Blood, sweat, and tears… For the average athlete playing sports when it’s not fun is a non-starter. All blood, sweat and tears […]

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Counterpoint: You Can Only Learn From Failure If You Fail The Right Way

In youth sports it’s common to hear parents and coaches say there’s no such thing as failure, only learning. While this makes for a good sound bite, the reality is that most people don’t learn from failure. That’s because learning from failure is hard and takes both preparation and follow-up work. As a result, the […]

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