Recent questions tagged failure

Description : Will you share how a past failure helped you succeed?

Last Answer : As in succeeding in life or succeed in obtaining wealth or a job? Not sure what you would quantify as success.

Description : Was there any feat that you wanted to achieve as a youngster?

Last Answer : To be academicly advanced to university. From grade 5.

Description : What are your thoughts on the FAILURE of Trumpcare?

Last Answer : Great delight! It was a cruel, cruel bill.

Description : What was the last thing you failed at, did you try again, and what did you do differently the second time?

Last Answer : I failed grade 12 math, so I took the multiple choice test over and over until statistically I would pass. Exactly 50% to pass. Got my advanced high school diploma and went to university.

Description : Have you wasted your potential? If so, does that bother you?

Last Answer : I think so. It bothers me every once in a while when I’m the what if mode. But not so much anymore as I’ve pretty much ended up where I think I was going to end up anyway—I just didn’t do it as a doctor. I did it as a nurse instead. I could have done so much more as a doctor.

Description : Can stereotyping be a positive thing sometimes?

Last Answer : If you see a ‘gang’ coming towards you and assume they will hurt you, and you end up getting home safe because of your stereotyping, I guess that would be a positive.

Description : When in your opinion can a person really give up on himself? At what point can he say that it's not worth even trying?

Last Answer : Probably when it’s causing more physical harm than good, then it’s time to call it quits.

Description : How many corporations failed in the U.S. in 2010?

Last Answer : Not sure if some government agency tracks this number. It would be very difficult to keep track of, as it would have to include every Joe-Schmo who started up a business off some asinine idea ... for instance had a painting business one summer. Incorporated and everything. Didn't even last a year.

Description : Did Gordon Gekko have something: ”....Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.”?

Last Answer : Yes. Yes he did.

Description : Do some people hate success in others?

Last Answer : There are people all over the place who can’t succeed themselves and therefore envy others and want to see them brought down / discouraged at the very least. And yeah, they feel like losers so they want the contaminate the rest of the world with their feelings. They are the people you need to avoid.

Description : What are other examples of where "new and improved" may not always be better?

Last Answer : answer:Cosmetic surgery :(

Description : How will you get over yourself from such failure?

Last Answer : answer:Your question is very specific. I can only think of general answers. First, every human being is flawed. Even your greatest heroes aren't perfect. We can all inspire one another without having to be ... is your own best self and not an imitation of someone else. Third, you're not through yet.

Description : Is there something you would like to do, but are afraid you might fail?

Last Answer : Call a talk show on the radio. I am afraid I will say something stupid and forever brand myself as the ‘Idiot’ who made a arse of himself on the air.

Description : Do you feel like a failure?

Last Answer : I’ve yet to achieve the Oliver Twist award for getting Great Answered on an orphaned question, so I am a Fluther failure.

Description : Why can't we value failures for their ability to contribute to our future success?

Last Answer : Most people do – they refer to it as “experience”. Most very experienced people have hit the deck a few times.

Description : Have you ever been afraid to do something (thinking that you'd fail), but, when you pushed yourself to do it, you realized that it wasn't so difficult afterall and your effort proved to be successful?

Last Answer : Yes, my job dispatching. I originally turned it down, thinking I’d never be able to remember 30+ pick-up routes. Now I could do it in my sleep.

Description : Has the fear of failing prevented you from trying to achieve something in your life?

Last Answer : So much. I consider it one of my worst flaws.

Description : Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes?

Last Answer : I like to think that some of my experiences have been positive :)

Description : Fuel Pump Failure

Last Answer : Is your car having acceleration problems? Has there been an occasion when your car simply sputtered and died while on the road? If your answer is yes, then you may want to check your car for fuel pump ... a fuel pump is to take your car to a repair shop where professionals can do it for you.

Description : What causes stator failure?

Last Answer : Stator faliur due to moistur. Due to priodically heatup of winding.

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