Tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Challenges are opportunities to learn but ignoring them is a permanent failure.
- In plain terms
- Tests are gifts but refusing them is worse than failing.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept challenges even if you might fail.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we avoid challenges?
- What gift have you refused?
Another view
Not every test is a genuine opportunity.
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