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Fail Better Wrap up

While I have enjoyed sharing my  stories and works of wisdom on failure through this blog, I want to wrap up everything that I have shared and leave one last message for dealing with failures. I have not only shared my personal stories of things I have failed at, but also given many tips and tricks. Each of my posts shares something different, but the overall theme comes down to mindset. How we think about things. Having a positive and motivated mindset makes all the difference when it comes to how we face failure, respond to failure, and work to prevent failure. If you think that you will fail at something, you likely will fail at that thing. But if you go in with a mindset that you could be successful, that you are going to try, it will be so much more fruitful for you. Even after failure, we can change how we view and how we see things. I can choose to use failure and learn from it. I can step back, and see what went wrong. I can begin to figure out how to move forward. 
Not only have I shared advice but many of my own stories as well. As a college student, I am bound to fail before I graduate. I am in some of the more formative years of my life right now. This blog has served as a great reminder to myself that I know what to do. It is simply a matter of doing it. Not everything will go my way over the next 3 years of my education, not everything will go my way for the rest of my life for that matter, but I have the skillset, and the mindset to make the best out of crummy situations. Life is not kind to everyone all of the time, but dealing with it, that is not impossible. I have been so lucky to have the opportunity to share so many stories from my high school and college experience thus far, but I will have many more by the time I get my diploma. Being part of the TR program has helped me so much. 
Failure is inevitable, but it does not need to be a life or death thing. People can thrive and become so much greater by simply experiencing failures. I know that failing is no fun, and can truly bring out the worst in people, however it can be one of the greatest learning tools most of us ever experience. Only you have the control to change how you succeed, it takes time, determination and effort. Even when motivation is lacking, discipline is so important to remember, because that can make or break true success. While some “successful” people got everything handed to them in life, those whose success has meaning worked hard to accomplish those things. Whether in sports, work, business or even hobbies, everyone will experience failure, but that should not be the end. Nothing stands in your way like your own shortcomings. And to that I say cheers! 
Pictured is myself enjoying a cherry sprite at a restaurant in Washington D.C. (There is no alcohol in that beverage as I do not condone underage drinking.)

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