“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
THOMAS EDISON
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“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
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Thomas Edison's most memorable invention was the light bulb, which purportedly took him 1,000 tries before he developed a successful prototype: “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” a reporter asked. “I didn’t fail 1,000 times,” Edison responded. “The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.”
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
Separate the failure from your identity. Just because you haven’t found a successful way of doing something (yet) doesn’t mean you are a failure .
These are completely separate thoughts, yet many of us blur the lines between them. Personalizing failure can wreak havoc on our self-esteem and confidence.