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Once we no longer see failure as an experience to be avoided, the sky is the limit.

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Exactly! Hence the modern adage "Fail Faster".

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Indeed

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Great post. I already shared your view about failure, but I hadn't considered that when people give you a hard time for your failures, it’s probably because they are afraid of failure themselves. That sounds obvious in hindsight, but it is something I couldn't quite put into words before.

As a sidenote, that tortilla soup recipe sounds delicious. Would you consider sharing it here?

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It will take me some time to write up, but sure. I will make a post about it.

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Thanks for this post! Loved the video game references! It's also interesting to see your daily life example (cooking). Building tolerance to failure in our daily lives is a step towards other more high-stakes areas!

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Going past tolerance and into acceptance and invitation is probably the best outcome for success.

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Very useful overall advice, thanks for taking the time to share. I certainly plan to use it as relevant/as best as I can.

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This is wonderful Athena. I know of a fellow who says: There are two ways to do something; the right way and again.

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I like that saying

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Who would have thought soup could be currency, lol . So win win.

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It's amazing what people will value. If it is something that they can't or won't do for themselves, but they really like it, it goes a long way when you are the gatekeeper of that item.

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That was really very good .

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Off-topic, but when you mentioned directional impairment, I remembered that you wrote you had problems remembering faces and names. Have you ever read about prosopagnosia? It could be due to it.

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I will check it out.

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