[W]e are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.

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Some of us are raised with the idea that failure is the end of everything. If you fail, you are no longer useful. No one wants someone who cannot do something right, so you are left with the feeling that there is no point in trying. This is why some people give up on things that they truly want to do.

They feel they will fail at it. Because of this, they never give it a chance and never try.

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