Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and y…

David Brooks
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Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure. ✨ David Brooks (2011). The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens, p.344, Short Books
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Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure. ✨ David Brooks (2011). The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens, p.344, Short Books

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