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What does it mean?
The focus should be on recovery and rising after failure, not the failure itself.
In plain terms
Don't worry about falling down, worry about getting back up.
What can you take from it?
Resilience matters more than avoiding failure.

Where it applies

  • personal setbacks
  • professional failures

Putting it to work

  • focus on recovery plans
  • reframe failures

Questions to consider

  • How do you bounce back from failure?
  • What matters more to success?

Another view

Sometimes falling has permanent consequences.

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