Dealing with failure in life

[Marques]

How well do you cope? Are you strong on the rebound or do you completely break down?

Just got back some of my marks. I did real bad in a module or two, it hasn't ruined my postgrad but it's brought the average wayyy down...I'm not exactly distraught but quite upset. I've always considered my self lucky in life and never had to go through failing exams (last time i did bad in any exam i was 13 and it turned out to be an incorrectly marked paper) but this had me feeling some type of way I couldn't even be mad at myself, i knew the expectations and i simply didn't work hard enough to meet the standards. I've worked hard all my life and when i finally deflated a little to enjoy life more, something like this happened...

I can cope with doing bad, what i can't cope with is investing time and sincere effort then doing badly. It makes me feel so redundant.

Sidenote though, when everyone does bad it becomes some quality bonding time

[eliteSomali]

Cheer up dude. At least you won't feel invincible anymore. Work hard. I've never gotten anything lower than a B in any class at any point in my life. Not to rub it in of course.

[Marques]

When your confidence takes a massive hit it has you questioning a lot of things bro. I now know how the Brazilians felt last night.

[AgentOfChaos]

Failure doesn't even faze me, hell I'm borderline apathetic to it. I have tunnel vision in everything I do, I never compare my life with others and I couldn't care less how "successful" others might be let alone feel like an outcome is a failure, and that's why I'm never disappointed. The way I see it,failures are part of life, all we can do is learn from it, and move on.

[SultanOrder]

Don't take it so hard, we all need setbacks now and again to make us more determined. We can work hard and fail and that is okay.

[Malachite]

I remember I did bad on some courses freshman and sophomore year in Uni. Had a huge effect on my Grade Point Average at that time and made me question if I wanted to persue a career in Medicine. It was a reality check. Re-grouped myself, re-took those classes and worked hard from there. At the end, it paid off.

Just pick yourself back up off the ground, regroup, and you will figure out how to make it through..It's not bad thing to get knocked once in a while, Just don't get knocked out or lie down on the canvas (In other word turn that failure into a specific mode for success)

[Xiis1928]

Failure doesn't even faze me, hell I'm borderline apathetic to it. I have tunnel vision in everything I do, I never compare my life with others and I couldn't care less how "successful" others might be let alone feel like an outcome is a failure, and that's why I'm never disappointed. The way I see it,failures are part of life, all we can do is learn from it, and move on.

Boy, that's why I love this kid.

[LeJusticier]

Failure doesn't even faze me, hell I'm borderline apathetic to it. I have tunnel vision in everything I do, I never compare my life with others and I couldn't care less how "successful" others might be let alone feel like an outcome is a failure, and that's why I'm never disappointed. The way I see it,failures are part of life, all we can do is learn from it, and move on.

Well said. There's nothing I can add to it.
From now on I have removed you from fish&chips .

[LeJusticier]

Marques

I have taken away your rank ( Downgraded) from fish&chips no 17 to 6, just behind hydrogen and abukar

[garoweboy]

Failure doesn't even faze me, hell I'm borderline apathetic to it. I have tunnel vision in everything I do, I never compare my life with others and I couldn't care less how "successful" others might be let alone feel like an outcome is a failure, and that's why I'm never disappointed. The way I see it,failures are part of life, all we can do is learn from it, and move on.

This brother gave the best advice.

[Julkimi]

I am sorry to hear that.

[Adali]

Failure stresses me out and makes work harder. I experience my fair share of it and it ducks. This is mainly do to high expectations I have for myself.