A Quote on Failure & Success
I wrote a blog post on the Author Allsorts blog about failure & success.
Originally posted on AUTHOR ALLSORTS:
���L�����chec est le fondement de la r��ussite.���
I bought a bag from a charity shop with those words on them when I was fifteen. I knew enough french to know what ���est le fondement de la r��ussite��� meant, but not the first word. I showed my French teacher on the Monday.
���Failure,��� she said. ���It means failure.���
At fifteen, I didn���t really get it. I was such a Type A personality as a teen. I mean, I still am, but back then an A- would make me cry for an hour. I���m not joking. Perfectionism had caused problems for me���overworking myself in school, acute anxiety, an eating disorder, and a constant, internal refrain that I wasn���t good enough. How was failing even an option, much less a foundation for success?
The original quote is a paradox by Lao-Tzu, and the full saying is: ���Failure is the���
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