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The Myth of Failure ❌

2023-08-03 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:38 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali asks what you would do if you knew you couldn't fail and didn't have to worry about money, calls failure a bit of a myth, and says a growth mindset gives permission to try things because it is okay to fail.

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00:00:00 — What would you do if you couldn't fail; failure as a myth and the growth mindset

  • ★★ Ali poses the question of what you would do with your life if you knew you couldn't fail and didn't have to worry about money, saying it challenges the limitations people place on themselves. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ After 15 years of books, blogs, podcasts and articles about failure, Ali has come to see failure as a bit of a myth: setbacks are better embraced as opportunities to learn and adjust. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says a growth mindset gives you permission to try things that interest you, such as running a first marathon, starting a business or asking your crush on a date, because it is okay if you fail. — 00:00:00 · growth mindset
  • ★ The more we recognise that life is all one big journey, Ali says, the less power failure holds over us. — 00:00:29

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