Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Success is a small outcome that emerges from a vast amount of prior effort and failure.
- In plain terms
- Success is the tiny result of a huge amount of work and failure.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that failure is a necessary part of the process leading to success.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much failure have you experienced before a success?
- Does knowing the ratio of failure to success help you keep going?
Another view
Focusing too much on failure percentages can be discouraging.
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