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Real Failure Feels Like Sh*t
And that’s a good thing.
They say you have to fail before you can succeed. By “them,” I mean the inspirational slogans all up in your phone. Sure, you probably will fail before you get anywhere in life.
But so what? Lots of people fail before they fail again. And they just keep failing until they die.
We’re trying to avoid that.
Failure doesn’t guarantee success. Not by itself. Sometimes failure just leads to your mom’s basement. Especially if you wallow and revel in it.
Real failure feels like shit. And it should.
Take it from me, someone who’s failed plenty. Last week I almost didn’t arrive at daycare on time because I got stuck in traffic for almost two hours. A couple of bad wrecks clogged up the entire city. And I spent that time basically screaming F-bombs over classic rock.
Near failures can feel like the real thing. And the experience only teaches you one sad fact. In this case, I’ll have to start leaving an extra hour early in the afternoons, my peak productivity time, so I don’t become that parent. I’ll adjust. So will you.
