Being Smart About How You Learn to Recover From Failure

Just because you accept failure as part of the process does not mean you accept failure. It just means you accept that winning all the time is not good for you. If you always win, then you’re not pushing yourself to your limits and you’re not growing. Therefore, if you fail at failing, you will […]

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Athletes Must be Willing to be the “goat” if They Want to be the G.O.A.T.

Back in the 80s and 90s, calling an athlete a goat was a bad thing. As Sports Illustrated describes, goat was once a term to describe “an athlete who failed, garishly, hilariously, and at the worst possible time.” Nowadays, when a fan calls an athlete the G.O.A.T. they are calling that athlete the greatest of […]

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Counterpoint: Preventing Failure Will Not Make You Successful

You can go through life with a mindset of trying to prevent failure or with a mindset of trying to pursue success. The mindset of trying to prevent failure is one that focuses on threats. It causes you to constantly analyze your weaknesses and find ways to keep your weaknesses from causing you to fail. […]

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