Thread by @Insights_ias

The #UPSCPrelims2022 Results were declared yesterday.Out of the nearly 11.52 lakh people who had applied for it, 13,090 have qualified for Mains. Lakhs of aspirants are disheartened as they failed to qualify.

How should we embrace failures & move forward in life?

A thread 🧵:

Despite working hard,if things didn’t work out, it’s natural to be upset. But failure isn’t the end. You just missed accomplishing a task. An exam isn’t life & it doesn’t determine your identity.

“Failure is delay,not defeat. It’s a temporary detour,not a dead-end.”Denis Waitley

If you’re planning to take another attempt: ANALYSE your mistakes, improve upon your weaknesses & speak to a mentor for the right guidance.

“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”Sophocles

Use the failure as an enriching learning experience to COURSE-CORRECT & IMPROVE.

“Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.”
Thomas A. Edison

Once you have analysed your mistakes & realised where you went wrong(whether it was a knowledge gap, MCQ solving skills,etc), TAKE ACTION! Make a practical plan with achievable targets & BEGIN AGAIN!

“Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.”Henry Ford

Treat success & failure as mere outcomes of a task. Don’t let the fear of failure stop you from experimenting.

“A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions-as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES,LEARN :

Accept the reality,take responsibility for your mistakes & don’t make excuses & think in terms of “should’ve, could’ve, if only, what-if”. Failure is a teacher, learn from it to get stronger.

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” H.G. Wells

“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.”
Ben Carson

DON’T STOP DREAMING BIG:

Don’t let the fear of failure stop you from trying again. Dream, experiment, take up challenges & keep moving forward. Enjoy the enriching journey.

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
Paulo Coelho

PERSEVERE,don’t give up on your goals. If this was your last attempt,remember that the world has several other wonderful avenues to render service to society. It isn’t the end,but a brand new beginning!

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”- RF Kennedy