Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Use mistakes as a chance to improve and try again with new insight.
- In plain terms
- Learn from errors and start over with better knowledge.
- What can you take from it?
- Treat failure as a learning step.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What did you learn from your last mistake?
- How will you apply this lesson?
Another view
Some failures have irreversible consequences.
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