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There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.

By Mark Nepo
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Mark Nepo is an American poet, spiritual teacher, and bestselling author of The Book of Awakening. His philosophy and work center on living each day fully, appreciating life in all of its hardships and awe.

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Your Hidden Superpowers: How the Whole Truth of Failure Can Change Our Lives

Dr. Becca North rewrites the story we tell ourselves about failure. She puts forth a captivating vision of how shifting our view of failure would change how we lead our lives, yielding profound benefits for us as individuals and as a society.

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Becca North
2025
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I Failed My Final Exam | Quick Chat on Perfectionism

Just finished my first semester as a PhD student and I failed the final exam 🥲 Let's chat about failure, perfectionism, and resilience after falling short.

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2021
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Fueled By Failure: Using Detours and Defeats to Power Progress

Olympian and former NFL player now thriving as a CEO and Philanthropist, Jeremy Bloom pulls at the common thread that unites him with all of us: the defeats we encounter on our journeys to reach our goals.

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Jeremy Bloom
2015
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The Benefits of Failure

Failure can increase resilience and spur creativity, among other advantages.

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Nigel Barber
2021
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You Are Awesome: How to Navigate Change, Wrestle with Failure, and Live an Intentional Life

Why is life getting harder instead of easier? How do I get back up after life knocks me down? And how do I grow stronger and live more intentionally? We no longer have the tools to handle failure…or even perceived failure. When we fall, we lie on the sidewalk crying. When we spill, we splatter.

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Neil Pasricha
2025
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Famous Failures

Inspiring video on persevering no matter how many times you have failed in life. This video mentions well known people who had failed, but kept pressing on until they became successful.

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Albert Einstein
2012
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Everyone Fails. Here’s How to Pick Yourself Back Up.

Learning to fail is a skill like any other—which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes.

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Rachel Simmons
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10 Healthy Ways to Cope with Failure

Knowing how to deal with failure in a healthy way takes some of the fear out of it—and it might reduce the pain so you can bounce back better than before.

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Amy Morin
2021
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7 Important Lessons You Can Learn From Failure

Experiencing failure can teach you lessons that you wouldn’t have learned otherwise—you can learn from failure.

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Martin Lünendonk
2020
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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

In the tradition of Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life’s...

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Jessica Lahey
2025
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