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Shifting the Mindset of Failure Can Set Yourself Up to Succeed

Shifting the Mindset of Failure Can Set Yourself Up to Succeed by Monica Levi. Photograph of a sign that says 'Fail Harder' by Julian Dutton
Photograph by Julian Dutton

Learning to reframe how you see your ‘failures’ will open up avenues of success that you imagined were only possible for others

What is failure and why do we want to avoid it at all costs?

The definition of failure is: “.” We avoid failure because we associate it with shame, discomfort, and even more importantly, we associate it with what

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