Why You Fail At Almost Everything You Do
One of the downsides of living in a culture that stresses the ethic of independence and individual achievement is that if we don’t reach our ideal goals, we feel that we only have ourselves to blame.
Kristin Neff • Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Failure is largely a myth, my student. For anything that is pursued with Sincerity does not fail. And anything that is pursued with hope always fails. My failures were not a failure to achieve. My failures were a failure of cultivating Sincerity before embarking upon The Great Journey.
Kapil Gupta • A Master's Secret Whispers
The latest in a long line of belief systems that encourage people to see a lack of society-defined ‘success’ as the result of personal failure.
Phoebe Lovatt • Good Vibes Only™
I Failed At Everything
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The problems of failure are problems of discouragement, of hopelessness, of hunger. You want everything to happen and you want it now, and things go wrong.
jamesclear.com • “Make Good Art” by Neil Gaiman
Seligman and Maier stumbled upon a phenomenon they called learned helplessness. The dogs had learned that pain and suffering were outside of their control. They had no power over what was happening to them, so their only point of recourse was to sit there and take it.