1) Just tonight, I think that I tanked an exam that I really needed to do well on. I worked hard to study for it, felt extremely confident while doing practice problems (got A's on both practice exams), but I'm not feeling confident at all about the results.
2) From this experience, I can only learn to practice more and to not dwell on the past. I need to move forward and do my best in the rest of the course.
3) From an optimist's point of view, failure is a learning experience. It is an opportunity to learn from your mistakes and try again. This is a good mindset to have, but some failures can't be made up for. Regardless, I think that you should always strive to create the best future for yourself and others around you. So, you can't worry about things that have already happened. Always move on and push forward. I'm not sure if I'm more likely to take a risk than I was before. I feel like I've always been pretty brave. However, this class does give a good perspective on failure - I did a post about a book on failure.
I think that it’s important for individuals to look back and understand how they failed. It is only then that they will be able to use the failure as a lesson. I also believe you are right when you say that we shouldn’t really dwell on the past and just use it as a foundation for the future. I think things happen for a reason, failure being one of them, and we should just move forward with a growth mindset.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way when I took my other exams. It's definitely hard to stop thinking about how well you did on the exams. Usually when I feel that way, I just simply say that it's in God's hands now. However, I do agree that within every failure is some lesson you can take from it. I believe that if you don't learn something from failure, it was truly a waste of time and you can't really get that time back. But, knowing you on a more deeper level, I know you're gonna bounce back!
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