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What does it mean?
Success often comes from learning through mistakes or setbacks.
In plain terms
You can succeed by learning from failure.
What can you take from it?
Use failures as lessons to reach success.

Where it applies

  • career setbacks
  • personal projects
  • skill building

Putting it to work

  • review mistakes
  • persist after failure
  • iterate

Questions to consider

  • What did a failure teach you?
  • How do you define success?

Another view

Not all failures lead to success without extra effort.

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