There is no way around it: We will experience difficulty. We will feel the touch of failure. As Benjamin Franklin observed, those who “drink to the bottom of the cup must expect to meet with some of ...

Sooner or later, everyone fails at something. But does everyone learn from their failures? In fact, the evidence suggests that most people struggle to grow from mistakes and defeats. When researchers ...

Success stories dominate our feeds, blinding us to the quiet power of failure. But for boAt Co-founder and CMO Aman Gupta, failure isn’t just part of the process — it’s the part that matters most. In ...

Whether pursuing financial success, career advancement, academic achievement, health improvement, or other goals, we all experience setbacks in our lives. But how often do we learn from setbacks?

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Sure, risking failure is important. Not stupid failure – the kind that comes from testing the depth of water with both feet. Rather the well-considered variety: the ‘intelligent failures’ essential to ...

Facing failure sometimes leaves people with not only a pessimistic outlook, but also less drive to succeed in the future. Those who bounce back, get on track and resume their journey often view a ...

Michelle Icard has written a kind and important book about failing. “For kids to learn from their failures, they must trust adults enough to stop hiding them from us,” Icard writes. “And for that to ...

The difference between healthy ambition and ego can be subtle — yet it determines whether a leader inspires others or isolates themselves.