26A - Celebrating Failure
1) An example of a time this past semester that I failed is a failure that I am currently experiencing. I had planned far too much for this semester between research, applying to graduate school, classes, and extracurriculars. As a result, I am struggling to keep everything to a higher standard and I am letting certain things slip through. I have not been able to study to the extent that I wanted to for the LSAT and I am worried that it will negatively impact my score on the exam and I will have to take it over again.
2) Something that I learned from this experience is that it is always better to bite off less than to schedule too much. It is important to be clear to people about your expectations and let them know that you are too busy. I think that I struggle a lot with telling people that I cannot help them and as a result, I took on too many tasks.
3) In general, I think that failure is necessary for growth. Even though it will not feel good at the time it happens, it teaches us very important lessons that we will need in our future. Failure, however, is not able to produce anything without change. I am currently not handling this failure emotionally well but I am hoping that I am able to learn from this experience. Although I am in the midst of the failure, I think that it is hard to be optimistic. I am hoping that I can see red flags in the future and be more direct to people who are asking too much of me. This class has changed my perspective on failure because I have realized that it really isn't embarrassing to fail. Even if it feels embarrassing, the truth is that you need failure to grow. I am definitely more likely to take a risk now than I was a couple of months ago.
2) Something that I learned from this experience is that it is always better to bite off less than to schedule too much. It is important to be clear to people about your expectations and let them know that you are too busy. I think that I struggle a lot with telling people that I cannot help them and as a result, I took on too many tasks.
3) In general, I think that failure is necessary for growth. Even though it will not feel good at the time it happens, it teaches us very important lessons that we will need in our future. Failure, however, is not able to produce anything without change. I am currently not handling this failure emotionally well but I am hoping that I am able to learn from this experience. Although I am in the midst of the failure, I think that it is hard to be optimistic. I am hoping that I can see red flags in the future and be more direct to people who are asking too much of me. This class has changed my perspective on failure because I have realized that it really isn't embarrassing to fail. Even if it feels embarrassing, the truth is that you need failure to grow. I am definitely more likely to take a risk now than I was a couple of months ago.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that failure is needed for people to grow and so that we can learn lessons that we need. I also agree that this class made me realize that failure shouldn't be embarrassing, but instead it is needed for you to become the best version of yourself. You had every aspect that was needed for this assignment! I hope that everything works out fine.