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What does it mean?
The author reflects on the pain of failure as a lesson.
In plain terms
Learning from failure hurts a lot.
What can you take from it?
Failure hurts but teaches.

Where it applies

  • career setbacks
  • personal loss

Putting it to work

  • accept pain
  • extract lessons

Questions to consider

  • What did a failure teach you?

Another view

Pain doesn’t always lead to insight.

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