Everyone Fails At Something

6a) Failure. Its only one simple word, but it has the power to make people hesitant to pursue their dreams. The thought of failing at something leads people to not even try something new. They are scared, scared to be wrong at something. This is also a trait of the fixed mindset. They look at failing as a weakness, instead of a learning experience. I do believe there is a balance of kids being allowed to fail and also being encouraged not to fail.

An example of this is portrayed in school. Teachers will encourage students to do their best, but when they color outside the lines of a picture, they get points taken off. Teachers are constantly trying to get their students to receive A’s on their paper and make it seem if you get anything else, you’re labeled as not being smart.


I think people need to have more of the growth mindset when it comes to failure. We tend to look at failure being a set back or a way of proving we aren’t good at something, instead of learning from them. Everything we go through is either a blessing or a lesson, but it’s up to us to take that from every experience. Learning from a failure will prevent us from doing the same thing later again and teaches us something we didn’t know. You can’t let failing at something define who you are. We all make mistakes and fail at something, and that’s just life.