Christopher Jacoby

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For many students, ironically, short-term efforts to avoid failure can actually interfere with their long-term ambition for true success. Recent advances in neuroimaging have shown, unmistakably, that avoiding struggle and failure can deprive individuals of important skill development—for any skill—including athletic skills, music skills, academic skills, and even executive functioning skills.
Christopher Jacoby
Importance of failure
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