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What does failure do to us? We fall into a vicious downward spiral. Failure is a lot like a shot from a double barrel gun but with a difference. The first shot is like the news which explodes in one__ face. But it is the second, after a short time lag, which causes the most damage. It comprises of pain, humiliation, shame, frustration and anger. The first shot pales in comparison. It is life after the blast that causes the most hurt.

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Anup Kochhar

The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear

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I won but I wasn__ like Pat. Because__nd why this should be I__l never know__ never did a thing that wasn__ somehow touched with selfish, furtive hunger, with a private, annihilating need for recognition. Because I__ like a child in a fairy tale cursed from birth, and there has never been anything I can put my hand to without tainting it, no triumph so great or solemn that it doesn__ turn spoiled and ridiculous. Because, sooner or later, the darkness always gets in.

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Out of love and desire to protect our children's self-esteem, we have bulldozed every uncomfortable bump and obstacle out of the way, clearing the manicured path we hoped would lead to success and happiness. Unfortunately, in doing so we have deprived our children of the most important lessons of childhood. The setbacks, mistakes, miscalculations, and failures we have shoved out of our children's way are the very experiences that teach them how to be resourceful, persistent, innovative and resilient citizens of this world.

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Jessica Lahey

The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed