Next time you try to do something and fail, and it really was partly in your control, be honest aboutwhy you failed--but also, what you can do better in the future. It's easy to see that blamingcircumstance robs you of opportunities to learn.

Rohvannyn Shaw
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It is easy to blame circumstances and others for failures and feel that we had no control over the situation. Most of the times we fail because we failed to see the things that we could have done differently and tried different strategies. A better way to look at it is to use what you have learned from your previous failure and do better next time.

Source: Quests Of The Avatar: Seeking Virtue In The Modern World

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