'When Hillary had the class reunion at the White House, there were 325 of us there,' said Catherine S. Gidlow, a lawyer in St. Louis. 'I turned to someone and said, 'I think there are 324 of us here who feel like failures,' and she said, 'No, I think there are 325 of us who feel like failures.''
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A speaker at a White House reunion notes that all attendees felt like failures despite their apparent success.
- In plain terms
- Everyone at a class reunion felt like a failure despite being at the White House.
- What can you take from it?
- External success does not always translate to internal satisfaction.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does high achievement fix internal doubt?
- Why do successful people feel like failures?
Another view
It assumes internal feelings are shared universally without individual nuance.
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