Why “Failing Well” Is Such a Key Skill – And How We Get It Wrong

Thomas Merton wrote “A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly”. But what does it actually mean to “fail well”?

Earlier this year I was sitting with the sting of failure and I was practicing dropping into my body to really pay attention to the physical sensations and thoughts that accompanied failure. I could feel a sort of defeated, heavy, …

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