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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: mph who wrote (27148)8/25/2006 2:36:38 PM
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hi mph

I agree with you about the pretense thingy. However, with my daughter, I approach failure as a stepping stone to success, rather than the alternative to success. Kids are remarkably resilient as long as they can still see the light they are reaching for. So, we should agree that the only real failure is 'giving up' or not trying at all.

Success and failure are transitory markers, providing information about how effective your efforts are. Whether that information is positive and contributes to your productivity or a negative and destructive influence depends on your beliefs about your efforts.

You can also think of success and failure as being like push ups; your muscles are being strengthened on the way down as well as on the up push. Both are necessary for the ultimate result.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
~Thomas Alva Edison~

Everyone who dares to take on challenges will fail occasionally. Children will accept challenges when they believe they can fail without ridicule or punishment. When their failures are attributed properly to the need to further develop capabilities, acquire or manage resources, environmental conditions and external factors; they will learn and grow from the experience … and most importantly they will keep trying. All efforts to achieve involve a certain amount of anxiety. The trick is to manage anxiety at a level that does not become debilitating.
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