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I’m Not Scared Of Failure #shorts

Name: I’m Not Scared Of Failure #shorts
Uploaded: 2024-01-08T10:00:12+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Peter Vander Wall
Description: A short monologue (YouTube Shorts) by Peter Vander Wall reflecting on fear: not fear of failing but fear of succeeding at things that don’t matter. The…

8 Jan 2024 · 0 min

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A short monologue (YouTube Shorts) by Peter Vander Wall reflecting on fear: not fear of failing but fear of succeeding at things that don’t matter. The speaker notes that failure can bring you closer to meaningful success if you learn from it, whereas succeeding at irrelevant goals can trap and distract you from your real purpose.

I'm not scared of failure. I'm scared of succeeding at the things that don't matter. I saw this in a tweet a while back, and it really hit hard with me, and I couldn't stop thinking about it for a couple of days at least. It's interesting, because if you've failed, well, that just means you're one step closer to succeeding, right? As long as you're taking lessons from it, that is. But if you succeed at something that doesn't matter, then it's really hard to let go of that thing. And a lot of times you get stuck in it and you let it distract you from your real purpose in life.