Epictetus is famous for what he called the dichotomy of control which describes what is in our control.
We can apply this to failure.
The moment you start to regret something in the past you're fundamentally acting against something which is out of your control and so there's no practical reward from doing so only frustration and anger.
We should learn from the past and our failures, but to regret, to ponder and to revisit our previous attempts and then look at present with disdain is a crime to your character.
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