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What does it mean?
A list of failures attributed to Armenag Saroyan across various roles in life.
In plain terms
He failed at being a poet preacher American and student.
What can you take from it?
Failure can define a person in many roles.

Where it applies

  • family history
  • biography
  • career review

Putting it to work

  • accept failure
  • redefine success
  • learn from history

Questions to consider

  • What makes a life failed?
  • Are all roles equally important?

Another view

It reduces a complex life to a series of failures.

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