Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Every failure brings the speaker closer to eventual success.
- In plain terms
- Failures help me get to success.
- What can you take from it?
- View failures as steps toward success.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle failure?
- What did you learn?
Another view
Repeated failures can lead to diminishing returns.
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