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One frightening truth about failures which fetches success

“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” JK Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008 Imagine you’re the head of a top mobile company. You’re selling thousands of mobiles a day. But boom. A technical hitch has started triggering explosions in the phones manufactured by your company. Your choices? A: You can gather all the employees and go on a rage and do little to think about the ways that can keep your company on the rails. B: Or instead of ruminating over the problem you can lift your head up to discuss about the different problem-solving options. The only difference? Option A isn’t going to undo the damage while the option B can minimise it and keep your company in business. The same option-oriented approach is equally vital when it comes to overcoming the hiccups that you undergo on your academic and career course. You have the ch