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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

  • career setbacks
  • learning moments
  • goal achievement

Putting it to work

  • learn from mistakes
  • persist after failure
  • appreciate success

Questions to consider

  • Does failure always help?
  • How do you define success?

Another view

Constant failure can also demoralize.

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