Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Actively pursuing failure is presented as the path to personal freedom.
- In plain terms
- You must seek and love failure to be free.
- What can you take from it?
- Freedom requires risking failure.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What stops you from failing?
- Is safety worth the cost?
Another view
It ignores real consequences of failure.
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