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📈 Failure And Growth

Books that reframe failure not as an endpoint but as essential fuel for learning, resilience, and eventual success. They draw on psychology, biography, and business to show how setbacks can become the most important turning points.
Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn
by John C. Maxwell • 2013
Losses don't have to leave you bitter. The habit that turns every setback into a syllabus.
4.23
3k+
📉 Learning From Failure🧠 Growth Mindset💪 Personal Resilience
Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn Summary
Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn 91%
Losses don't have to leave you bitter. The habit that turns every setback into a syllabus.
by John C. Maxwell 2013
4.23
3k+ ratings
📉 Learning From Failure🧠 Growth Mindset💪 Personal Resilience
Failing Forward
by John C. Maxwell • 1982
Average people and high achievers fail at the same rate. The gap is in their next move.
4.18
12k+
🔄 Learning From Failure😰 Fear Of Failure🎯 Personal Accountability
Failing Forward Summary
Failing Forward 91%
Average people and high achievers fail at the same rate. The gap is in their next move.
by John C. Maxwell 1982
4.18
12k+ ratings
🔄 Learning From Failure😰 Fear Of Failure🎯 Personal Accountability
Dare to Fail
by Billi P.S. Lim • 1998
Failure carries a hidden curriculum. Learn to read it, and every setback becomes a shortcut.
3.9
449
🔄 Reframing Failure🧱 Resilience Building☀️ Positive Thinking
Dare to Fail Summary
Dare to Fail 90%
Failure carries a hidden curriculum. Learn to read it, and every setback becomes a shortcut.
by Billi P.S. Lim 1998
3.9
449 ratings
🔄 Reframing Failure🧱 Resilience Building☀️ Positive Thinking
Very Good Lives
by J.K. Rowling • 2015
Rock bottom taught her things success never could. A commencement speech that outgrew the ceremony.
4.08
29k+
🥀 Embracing Failure🎓 Commencement Wisdom🤲 Social Responsibility
Very Good Lives Summary
Very Good Lives 89%
Rock bottom taught her things success never could. A commencement speech that outgrew the ceremony.
by J.K. Rowling 2015
4.08
29k+ ratings
🥀 Embracing Failure🎓 Commencement Wisdom🤲 Social Responsibility
From Failure to Success
by Martin Meadows • 2017
Why resilience comes from reframing failure, choosing your discomforts, and knowing when to quit.
3.91
87
🪤 Self-Sabotage🔄 Failure Recovery💪 Resilience Training
From Failure to Success Summary
From Failure to Success 89%
Why resilience comes from reframing failure, choosing your discomforts, and knowing when to quit.
by Martin Meadows 2017
3.91
87 ratings
🪤 Self-Sabotage🔄 Failure Recovery💪 Resilience Training
Fail Until You Don't
by Bobby Bones • 2018
Rejection is information, fear is a signal, and the grind is the only advantage you need.
4.01
4k+
🚫 Embracing Failure💪 Resilience Training⏰ Daily Discipline
Fail Until You Don't Summary
Fail Until You Don't 89%
Rejection is information, fear is a signal, and the grind is the only advantage you need.
by Bobby Bones 2018
4.01
4k+ ratings
🚫 Embracing Failure💪 Resilience Training⏰ Daily Discipline
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
by Humble the Poet • 2019
Life lessons no one can give you, and how to find them in the mess.
3.98
1k+
⏳ Impermanence🪞 Self-Awareness🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Things No One Else Can Teach Us Summary
Things No One Else Can Teach Us 89%
Life lessons no one can give you, and how to find them in the mess.
by Humble the Poet 2019
3.98
1k+ ratings
⏳ Impermanence🪞 Self-Awareness🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Drawing Out the Dragons
by James A. Owen • 2011
An illustrator's hard-won proof: the life you want is built one difficult choice at a time.
4.50
440
🎨 Creative Careers🖌️ Artistic Perseverance🧭 Personal Agency
Drawing Out the Dragons Summary
Drawing Out the Dragons 89%
An illustrator's hard-won proof: the life you want is built one difficult choice at a time.
by James A. Owen 2011
4.50
440 ratings
🎨 Creative Careers🖌️ Artistic Perseverance🧭 Personal Agency
Summary
by BusinessNews Publishing • 2013
Turn discomfort into growth, failure into usable fuel, and small daily habits into lasting change.
3.67
3
🧠 Growth Mindset🔄 Habit Formation🏋️ Resilience Building
Summary Summary
Summary 88%
Turn discomfort into growth, failure into usable fuel, and small daily habits into lasting change.
by BusinessNews Publishing 2013
3.67
3 ratings
🧠 Growth Mindset🔄 Habit Formation🏋️ Resilience Building
Be Fearless
by Jean Case • 2019
Start with what you have, treat risk like research, and fail forward: the method for breakthroughs.
3.54
981
🌍 Social Entrepreneurship👻 Overcoming Fear🧱 Failure Resilience
Be Fearless Summary
Be Fearless 88%
Start with what you have, treat risk like research, and fail forward: the method for breakthroughs.
by Jean Case 2019
3.54
981 ratings
🌍 Social Entrepreneurship👻 Overcoming Fear🧱 Failure Resilience
Getting There
by Gillian Zoe Segal • 2015
A photographer asked thirty icons the same question. Their answers converge on a handful of rules.
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2k+
💼 Career Advice🧑‍🏫 Mentorship🚪 Rejection Resilience
Getting There Summary
Getting There 88%
A photographer asked thirty icons the same question. Their answers converge on a handful of rules.
by Gillian Zoe Segal 2015
4.09
2k+ ratings
💼 Career Advice🧑‍🏫 Mentorship🚪 Rejection Resilience
Chop Wood Carry Water
by Joshua Medcalf • 2015
Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.
4.09
9k+
🔄 Process Over Outcome🧱 Small Daily Actions💎 Intrinsic Worth
Chop Wood Carry Water Summary
Chop Wood Carry Water 88%
Greatness is built in the daily grind, not the spotlight. Learn to train there.
by Joshua Medcalf 2015
4.09
9k+ ratings
🔄 Process Over Outcome🧱 Small Daily Actions💎 Intrinsic Worth
Rain of Gold
by Victor Villaseñor • 1991
Why your best successes sow your worst defeats, and the one shift that breaks the cycle.
4.50
8k+
📖 Business Fables🏛️ Modern Stoicism💪 Emotional Resilience
Rain of Gold Summary
Rain of Gold 88%
Why your best successes sow your worst defeats, and the one shift that breaks the cycle.
by Victor Villaseñor 1991
4.50
8k+ ratings
📖 Business Fables🏛️ Modern Stoicism💪 Emotional Resilience
Success through Failure
by Henry Petroski • 2006
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
3.60
201
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure 88%
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
by Henry Petroski 2006
3.60
201 ratings
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
Grit to Great
by Linda Kaplan Thaler • 2015
Four traits that outperform talent: how to build them and leave average behind.
3.66
906
🧠 Perseverance Psychology💪 Effort Over Talent🌿 Resilience Training
Grit to Great Summary
Grit to Great 88%
Four traits that outperform talent: how to build them and leave average behind.
by Linda Kaplan Thaler 2015
3.66
906 ratings
🧠 Perseverance Psychology💪 Effort Over Talent🌿 Resilience Training
The Mental Toughness Handbook
by Damon Zahariades • 2020
Mental toughness is a trainable skill, not an inborn trait. Here is the practical training regimen.
3.94
2k+
🧱 Mental Resilience🧠 Emotional Regulation🔄 Failure Reframing
The Mental Toughness Handbook Summary
The Mental Toughness Handbook 88%
Mental toughness is a trainable skill, not an inborn trait. Here is the practical training regimen.
by Damon Zahariades 2020
3.94
2k+ ratings
🧱 Mental Resilience🧠 Emotional Regulation🔄 Failure Reframing
The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy
by Ryan Holiday
Ego and passion feel like fuel, act like rust. The case for humility, failure, and process.
4.40
172
🌿 Modern Stoicism🎯 Purpose Over Passion🧘 Emotional Discipline
The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy Summary
The Obstacle is the Way / Ego is the Enemy 88%
Ego and passion feel like fuel, act like rust. The case for humility, failure, and process.
by Ryan Holiday
4.40
172 ratings
🌿 Modern Stoicism🎯 Purpose Over Passion🧘 Emotional Discipline
On Confidence
by The School of Life • 2017
Confidence comes from a set of ideas about the world, not from eliminating self-doubt.
3.92
4k+
🧱 Confidence Building🎭 Imposter Syndrome🥴 Embracing Imperfection
On Confidence Summary
On Confidence 88%
Confidence comes from a set of ideas about the world, not from eliminating self-doubt.
by The School of Life 2017
3.92
4k+ ratings
🧱 Confidence Building🎭 Imposter Syndrome🥴 Embracing Imperfection
Bluefishing
by Steve Sims • 2017
A concierge to the ultra-rich reveals the unpolished truth about getting impossible things done.
3.97
2k+
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Relationship Networking🏷️ Personal Branding🚀 Bold Action
Bluefishing Summary
Bluefishing 88%
A concierge to the ultra-rich reveals the unpolished truth about getting impossible things done.
by Steve Sims 2017
3.97
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Relationship Networking🏷️ Personal Branding🚀 Bold Action
50 Business Classics
by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2018
Your brain airbrushes failure from your own story. The most reliable systems do the reverse.
4.12
184
📉 Learning From Failure🧠 Cognitive Biases🔄 Continuous Improvement
50 Business Classics Summary
50 Business Classics 88%
Your brain airbrushes failure from your own story. The most reliable systems do the reverse.
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2018
4.12
184 ratings
📉 Learning From Failure🧠 Cognitive Biases🔄 Continuous Improvement
Undisruptable
by Aidan McCullen • 2021
Most people reinvent only after a crisis. The S-curve shows how to do it first.
4.49
125
🔄 Corporate Reinvention🧭 Personal Reinvention🪡 Failure As Learning
Undisruptable Summary
Undisruptable 88%
Most people reinvent only after a crisis. The S-curve shows how to do it first.
by Aidan McCullen 2021
4.49
125 ratings
🔄 Corporate Reinvention🧭 Personal Reinvention🪡 Failure As Learning
Les vertus de l'échec
by Charles Pépin • 2016
We are the only animal that fails, and that fallibility is our greatest creative advantage.
3.90
2k+
🐓 French Philosophy🏫 Educational Reform💥 Failure Studies
Les vertus de l'échec Summary
Les vertus de l'échec 88%
We are the only animal that fails, and that fallibility is our greatest creative advantage.
by Charles Pépin 2016
3.90
2k+ ratings
🐓 French Philosophy🏫 Educational Reform💥 Failure Studies
101 Secrets for Your Twenties
by Paul Angone • 2013
No dream job, no friend group, no clue: 101 secrets for the decade that refuses to make sense.
3.53
2k+
🌪️ Quarter-Life Crisis🏠 Adulting😂 Humorous Self-Help
101 Secrets for Your Twenties Summary
101 Secrets for Your Twenties 88%
No dream job, no friend group, no clue: 101 secrets for the decade that refuses to make sense.
by Paul Angone 2013
3.53
2k+ ratings
🌪️ Quarter-Life Crisis🏠 Adulting😂 Humorous Self-Help
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes
by David Acord • 2011
Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.
3.58
179
📚 Literary Self-Help👁️ Observational Skills🧩 Deductive Reasoning
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes Summary
Success Secrets of Sherlock Holmes 88%
Observation beats intelligence. Nine Holmes-tested habits for seeing what everyone else misses.
by David Acord 2011
3.58
179 ratings
📚 Literary Self-Help👁️ Observational Skills🧩 Deductive Reasoning
Designing Your Life
by Bill Burnett • 2016
Stop hunting for your passion. Build the life you want one prototype at a time.
3.92
4k+
🎨 Design Thinking🔄 Cognitive Reframing🧠 Decision Making
Designing Your Life Summary
Designing Your Life 88%
Stop hunting for your passion. Build the life you want one prototype at a time.
by Bill Burnett 2016
3.92
4k+ ratings
🎨 Design Thinking🔄 Cognitive Reframing🧠 Decision Making
The Miracle Equation
by Hal Elrod • 2017
Two choices, made daily, turn your most ambitious goals from long shots into certainties.
4.16
3k+
🎯 Goal Achievement🔄 Reframing Failure🧘 Emotional Mastery
The Miracle Equation Summary
The Miracle Equation 88%
Two choices, made daily, turn your most ambitious goals from long shots into certainties.
by Hal Elrod 2017
4.16
3k+ ratings
🎯 Goal Achievement🔄 Reframing Failure🧘 Emotional Mastery
Black Box Thinking
by Matthew Syed • 2015
Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.
4.28
15k+
💥 Learning From Failure🛡️ Psychological Safety🔄 Continuous Improvement
Black Box Thinking Summary
Black Box Thinking 88%
Two 747s of patients die daily from preventable errors. The psychology that keeps us blind.
by Matthew Syed 2015
4.28
15k+ ratings
💥 Learning From Failure🛡️ Psychological Safety🔄 Continuous Improvement
Disrupt Yourself
by Whitney Johnson • 2015
6% win in crowded markets, 37% win creating new ones. Your career works the same way.
3.73
1k+
🧨 Disruptive Innovation🔄 Career Reinvention📈 Learning Curves
Disrupt Yourself Summary
Disrupt Yourself 88%
6% win in crowded markets, 37% win creating new ones. Your career works the same way.
by Whitney Johnson 2015
3.73
1k+ ratings
🧨 Disruptive Innovation🔄 Career Reinvention📈 Learning Curves
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do
by Amy Morin • 2017
Your child's resilience depends more on what you stop doing than what you start.
4.16
2k+
🛡️ Resilience Parenting🧠 Emotional Regulation🌱 Growth Mindset
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do Summary
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do 88%
Your child's resilience depends more on what you stop doing than what you start.
by Amy Morin 2017
4.16
2k+ ratings
🛡️ Resilience Parenting🧠 Emotional Regulation🌱 Growth Mindset
The Art of Creative Thinking
by Rod Judkins • 2015
Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.
4.00
3k+
🎨 Creative Process🖌️ Artistic Practice🧪 Creative Experimentation
The Art of Creative Thinking Summary
The Art of Creative Thinking 88%
Why artistic breakthroughs come from doubt, inexperience, and happy accidents, not innate talent.
by Rod Judkins 2015
4.00
3k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Process🖌️ Artistic Practice🧪 Creative Experimentation
The Performance Paradox
by Eduardo Briceno • 2023
Constant performance without learning is why you plateau. A two-mode approach keeps you improving.
3.74
209
🌱 Growth Mindset🎯 Deliberate Practice🏢 Learning Organizations
The Performance Paradox Summary
The Performance Paradox 88%
Constant performance without learning is why you plateau. A two-mode approach keeps you improving.
by Eduardo Briceno 2023
3.74
209 ratings
🌱 Growth Mindset🎯 Deliberate Practice🏢 Learning Organizations
The Gift of Failure
by Jessica Lahey • 2014
Helicoptering kills the very competence you want to build. The case for letting your children fail.
4.14
8k+
🚁 Helicopter Parenting🧭 Modern Parenting🧱 Learning From Failure
The Gift of Failure Summary
The Gift of Failure 88%
Helicoptering kills the very competence you want to build. The case for letting your children fail.
by Jessica Lahey 2014
4.14
8k+ ratings
🚁 Helicopter Parenting🧭 Modern Parenting🧱 Learning From Failure
Poke the Box
by Seth Godin • 2011
Stop waiting for instructions. Initiative is now the only career skill that cannot be automated.
3.77
15k+
😰 Fear Of Failure🧪 Experimentation🎯 Action Over Perfection
Poke the Box Summary
Poke the Box 88%
Stop waiting for instructions. Initiative is now the only career skill that cannot be automated.
by Seth Godin 2011
3.77
15k+ ratings
😰 Fear Of Failure🧪 Experimentation🎯 Action Over Perfection
Capital Gaines
by Chip Gaines • 2017
The playbook of a serial entrepreneur who treats failure as a down payment on the next win.
3.99
18k+
🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir🏠 Family Business💪 Embracing Failure
Capital Gaines Summary
Capital Gaines 88%
The playbook of a serial entrepreneur who treats failure as a down payment on the next win.
by Chip Gaines 2017
3.99
18k+ ratings
🏗️ Entrepreneurial Memoir🏠 Family Business💪 Embracing Failure
The Seasons of Life
by Jim Rohn • 1981
Four seasons, one cycle: the attitude you bring to each is the whole game.
4.32
2k+
🧾 Accountability🔄 Cyclical Thinking📖 Metaphorical Self-Help
The Seasons of Life Summary
The Seasons of Life 88%
Four seasons, one cycle: the attitude you bring to each is the whole game.
by Jim Rohn 1981
4.32
2k+ ratings
🧾 Accountability🔄 Cyclical Thinking📖 Metaphorical Self-Help
8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success
by Michelle Icard • 2023
Your child failed. Your next move can make it worse or make it fuel.
4.10
180
🧭 Adolescent Development👨‍👩‍👧 Raising Teenagers💪 Failure And Resilience
8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success Summary
8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success 88%
Your child failed. Your next move can make it worse or make it fuel.
by Michelle Icard 2023
4.10
180 ratings
🧭 Adolescent Development👨‍👩‍👧 Raising Teenagers💪 Failure And Resilience
How to Be an Imperfectionist
by Stephen Guise • 2015
Perfectionism is paralysis disguised as standards. The cure: make a win so small it is undeniable.
4.09
4k+
🧠 Perfectionism Recovery🔁 Habit Design🚪 Low-Bar Action
How to Be an Imperfectionist Summary
How to Be an Imperfectionist 88%
Perfectionism is paralysis disguised as standards. The cure: make a win so small it is undeniable.
by Stephen Guise 2015
4.09
4k+ ratings
🧠 Perfectionism Recovery🔁 Habit Design🚪 Low-Bar Action
Message From The Middle Of Nowhere
by Gunnar Andri Thorisson • 2017
The Viking case for asking outright, failing forward, and treating money like a tool.
3.89
203
🗻 Nordic Wisdom🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔄 Learning From Failure
Message From The Middle Of Nowhere Summary
Message From The Middle Of Nowhere 88%
The Viking case for asking outright, failing forward, and treating money like a tool.
by Gunnar Andri Thorisson 2017
3.89
203 ratings
🗻 Nordic Wisdom🏛️ Modern Stoicism🔄 Learning From Failure
Right Kind of Wrong
by Amy C. Edmondson • 2023
Two kinds of failure to prevent, one kind to pursue. The difference is where innovation lives.
3.90
3k+
🛡️ Psychological Safety📉 Learning From Failure💡 Innovation Culture
Right Kind of Wrong Summary
Right Kind of Wrong 88%
Two kinds of failure to prevent, one kind to pursue. The difference is where innovation lives.
by Amy C. Edmondson 2023
3.90
3k+ ratings
🛡️ Psychological Safety📉 Learning From Failure💡 Innovation Culture
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
by Katherine Morgan Schafler • 2023
Perfectionism isn't a defect. Mismanaged, it burns you out; harnessed, it builds the life you want.
4.13
10k+
🎯 Perfectionism🤗 Self-Compassion🌱 Growth Mindset
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control Summary
The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control 88%
Perfectionism isn't a defect. Mismanaged, it burns you out; harnessed, it builds the life you want.
by Katherine Morgan Schafler 2023
4.13
10k+ ratings
🎯 Perfectionism🤗 Self-Compassion🌱 Growth Mindset
THE RUDEST BOOK EVER
by Shwetabh Gangwar • 2019
Happiness adds and fades. Satisfaction subtracts and lasts. Lead yourself like a nation, not a mood.
3.93
6k+
🔧 Practical Philosophy🏛️ Self-Governance🧠 Critical Thinking
THE RUDEST BOOK EVER Summary
THE RUDEST BOOK EVER 88%
Happiness adds and fades. Satisfaction subtracts and lasts. Lead yourself like a nation, not a mood.
by Shwetabh Gangwar 2019
3.93
6k+ ratings
🔧 Practical Philosophy🏛️ Self-Governance🧠 Critical Thinking
Not a Life Coach
by James Smith • 2020
The only limits that matter are the ones you've already accepted. Here's how to overwrite them.
4.00
3k+
🦋 Personal Transformation😨 Facing Fear🚫 Limiting Beliefs
Not a Life Coach Summary
Not a Life Coach 87%
The only limits that matter are the ones you've already accepted. Here's how to overwrite them.
by James Smith 2020
4.00
3k+ ratings
🦋 Personal Transformation😨 Facing Fear🚫 Limiting Beliefs
Adapt
by Tim Harford • 2011
Why top-down plans fail everywhere: the messy, bottom-up logic of trial, error, and adaptation.
3.88
4k+
🧩 Complexity Economics🧪 Trial And Error🔁 Feedback Loops
Adapt Summary
Adapt 87%
Why top-down plans fail everywhere: the messy, bottom-up logic of trial, error, and adaptation.
by Tim Harford 2011
3.88
4k+ ratings
🧩 Complexity Economics🧪 Trial And Error🔁 Feedback Loops
The Difference Maker
by John C. Maxwell • 2006
You cannot control what happens to you. But one internal choice reshapes everything that follows.
4.20
3k+
🔄 Attitude Shifts🧭 Personal Leadership🎯 Personal Agency
The Difference Maker Summary
The Difference Maker 87%
You cannot control what happens to you. But one internal choice reshapes everything that follows.
by John C. Maxwell 2006
4.20
3k+ ratings
🔄 Attitude Shifts🧭 Personal Leadership🎯 Personal Agency
The P.R.I.M.E.R. Goal Setting Method
by Damon Zahariades • 2018
The goal-setting method that plans for doubt, distraction, and defeat, not just the target.
4.02
154
🎯 Goal Setting💼 Personal Productivity🧠 Limiting Beliefs
The P.R.I.M.E.R. Goal Setting Method Summary
The P.R.I.M.E.R. Goal Setting Method 87%
The goal-setting method that plans for doubt, distraction, and defeat, not just the target.
by Damon Zahariades 2018
4.02
154 ratings
🎯 Goal Setting💼 Personal Productivity🧠 Limiting Beliefs
Beginner's Pluck
by Liz Forkin Bohannon • 2019
Passion isn't waiting to be found: it is assembled through small, imperfect acts.
4.37
1k+
🧱 Passion Myths🌱 Growth Mindset🎲 Small Bets
Beginner's Pluck Summary
Beginner's Pluck 87%
Passion isn't waiting to be found: it is assembled through small, imperfect acts.
by Liz Forkin Bohannon 2019
4.37
1k+ ratings
🧱 Passion Myths🌱 Growth Mindset🎲 Small Bets
Overcoming Life's Disappointments
by Harold S. Kushner • 2006
Moses' story reframes failure: a rabbi's guide to turning disappointment into purpose.
4.06
601
🕊️ Biblical Wisdom🧘 Spiritual Resilience💔 Disappointment Recovery
Overcoming Life's Disappointments Summary
Overcoming Life's Disappointments 87%
Moses' story reframes failure: a rabbi's guide to turning disappointment into purpose.
by Harold S. Kushner 2006
4.06
601 ratings
🕊️ Biblical Wisdom🧘 Spiritual Resilience💔 Disappointment Recovery
Master Your Success
by Thibaut Meurisse • 2020
You can't outsource your life. Taking it back requires owning everything that got you here.
4.48
189
🧭 Personal Responsibility🎯 Self-Defined Success🔓 Limiting Beliefs
Master Your Success Summary
Master Your Success 87%
You can't outsource your life. Taking it back requires owning everything that got you here.
by Thibaut Meurisse 2020
4.48
189 ratings
🧭 Personal Responsibility🎯 Self-Defined Success🔓 Limiting Beliefs
The Rise
by Sarah Lewis • 2014
Mastery is fueled not by success but by the ache of almost succeeding, again and again.
3.66
1k+
🎨 Creative Process🏔️ Mastery Studies💥 Psychology Of Failure
The Rise Summary
The Rise 87%
Mastery is fueled not by success but by the ache of almost succeeding, again and again.
by Sarah Lewis 2014
3.66
1k+ ratings
🎨 Creative Process🏔️ Mastery Studies💥 Psychology Of Failure
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
by Pema Chödrön • 2015
The collapse you dread contains your next breakthrough: stay with the feeling instead of fleeing it.
4.09
3k+
🧠 Buddhist Psychology🧘 Contemplative Practice💗 Self-Compassion
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better Summary
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better 87%
The collapse you dread contains your next breakthrough: stay with the feeling instead of fleeing it.
by Pema Chödrön 2015
4.09
3k+ ratings
🧠 Buddhist Psychology🧘 Contemplative Practice💗 Self-Compassion
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