'Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Failure adds value to success by making it meaningful and earned.
- In plain terms
- Success tastes better after you have failed before.
- What can you take from it?
- Failures make success more meaningful.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does failure always help?
- How do you define success?
Another view
Constant failure can also demoralize.
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