Knowing failure is more of a teacher than of success

To go back suggests we’ve failed, that our judgement was flawed, that our time was wasted. And the painful thing is – that’s usually true. But it doesn’t matter. The maze just is. You can back up and get on with it, or you can stay stuck in the wrong place.
http://oliveremberton.com/2014/life-is-a-maze-not-a-marathon/

There are only two ways to advance your life: move forward when you can, or step backwards and try something else when you can’t. The greatest mistake to make is standing still.

We feel surprisingly bad if we fail a job interview, mess up a date, or even pick the slower route to work. A cool head might say all these things were ‘good learning experiences’, but that doesn’t mean they don’t feel like crap.

The problem with our instinctive sense of tragedy is that it teaches us to avoid anything where a potential gain might be lost. The bigger the potential gain, the greater our aversion:
http://oliveremberton.com/2013/you-will-still-be-here-tomorrow-but-your-dreams-may-not/


The problem with looking at the successful for inspiration is what they do now isn’t what got them there. You’re liable to copy the wrong things.
http://oliveremberton.com/2013/dont-copy-the-successful/