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2B (32) Aris Yum
1A (11) Christy Chow 2B (9) Chloe Lee How a humble person learns from mistakes
My Attitude on Failure How a humble person Have you ever made a mistake before? What went wrong?

There’ll always be mistakes in our lives. Some learns from mistakes When did it go wrong? Anyway, no one is immune to
making mistakes, we are all just human! However, if we
people only make a few mistakes in their lives apologize but just carry on as before, we will be in danger of
while others make a lot, but that doesn’t In the eleven traps that people tend to fall repeating the same error. Therefore, it is important that we
mean they’re better. As long as we don’t give into when a loss affects their confidence, forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our
up, we’ll succeed one day. I’ve fallen into the Expectation Trap. At
2A (31) Emily Yu first I thought I would have a good result errors and move on.
2A (31) Emily Yu
Use Bill Gates as an example, the founder but I was disappointed with what I got in Someone said “Humble people are never afraid to admit they were
of ‘Microsoft’, one of the richest people in My Attitude on Failure the end. wrong” and I could not agree more with this. This sentence makes
the world. He dropped out of college before In my primary school days, I always got me remember a recent mistake that I made. One day after school, I
launching the company that would ultimately A person’s life is like a flat boat constantly drifting in the great results in my English tests, quizzes went to a shopping mall which was near to our school with Emily.
lead to his success. Even after making such vast sea. The sea cannot be calm forever; there can be and exams. Maybe I was too cocky and Suddenly, my father called me and told me to return home as soon as
a successful company, he had to deal with a storm, it is impossible for us to live our lives smoothly. possible since he had to go to work after dinner, and I did not want
failures repeatedly. In 1993, a database project There will be wind, rain and waves to stop us from proud. I believed I could keep getting him to wait for me. Therefore, I ran like Usain St. Leo Bolt to my home.
that he thought would be revolutionary didn’t moving forward. However, in the face of the wind and impressive grades just by listening to Unfortunately, I stumbled and my chin “kissed” the cement floor.
work, and in the mid-90s, Microsoft’s TV style the rain, what are we going to do? the teacher in class and that it was not My chin was in excessive loss of blood and some people helped me
necessary for me to study at home. It
internet shows on MSN were a flop, but he In fact, the wind and rain are our lives. We may not have ended in a disaster as my grades turned call the ambulance. After a few weeks, my wound healed but it
didn’t give up. He said that the weight of all the courage to face them and we may want to escape out the worse. My results were lower left a scar on my face. I think I should be proud of the scars in my
his failures could have made him depressed; from them, but what good is it if we escape? That will life, because each one holds a lifetime worth of lessons. This scar is
however, he accepted these challenges and only make us fall short and all the efforts will be in vain. than my expectations and I regretted not an ordinary scar. It provides me with a lesson, and tells me not to
learned from them. Although you have nothing, you can start from the having that foolish thought. run on the cement floor while carrying my schoolbag. However,
The incident of Bill Gates is proof that failure beginning and take a new view to face the problem. Since I knew I had to improve so I am now don’t tell anyone, because behind every scar there is an untold
is not the opposite of success but a part of escaping is useless, we have to muster up the courage to trying to turn my cockiness into humility story, and… this is my untold story between me and my scar!
success. A really famous quote by Bill Gates face reality. Every successful person who has experienced – try to be someone who strives for the Let’s be honest, no one likes making mistakes, or losing their time,
“Don’t wallow in failure. Instead, learn the test of wind and rain choose to face and not escape. best and expects the worst. We need to energy and money. That’s why we need to learn from our mistakes.
work our hardest and should not slack
from it.” taught us we shouldn’t be stuck in They are good examples of a proper attitude to respond off. This is how to get what you want. You cannot travel back in time to fix your mistakes, but you can learn
mistakes; instead we should learn from them to problems – we can only face the reality, not escape it. from them and forgive yourself for not knowing better.
and that’s what leads to success. Frustration is only a small puddle on the road of life. As
long as you have confidence, you can easily overcome all
the problems that you are facing!

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Are you afraid of failure? Many people are really afraid of Many people are really afraid of failure. The
failure, and I am no exception. Failure may cause me to do determinant between success and failure is attitude. A
Mistakes always happen, they can’t be avoided, but nothing since it creates low self-esteem. Therefore, I resist can-do attitude is essential for overcoming challenges.
what’s your attitude towards mistakes? A lot of us hate moving forward. A can’t-do attitude leads to failure, regardless of any
failing. However, some people think that mistakes are starting advantage. Although there are a lot of ways to
not obstacles but a chance to learn. When I do mess up, anger and sadness get stirred up. I might help me face failure, I am still afraid of it.
fail to follow through with goals, and I will feel sad but I
Mistakes show us what we need to improve and how to don’t feel defeated. I think it is a good experience that helps I always feel ashamed, embarrassed and jealous after I
be a better person. We should always be humble and me to improve myself. It can help me to know about my face failure. I have fallen into the Embarrassment Trap.
learn from mistakes as they are the only way for us to shortcomings, so it can shape a better me. Losses paralyze us. But I realized that I should train for
grow. losses. I need to expect mistakes, failures and losses
It is quite hard to get unstuck and move forward. It is because
We all make mistakes. Last week, I failed my Math test. I will have negative thoughts unconsciously. That is the reason in life. I need to take them as they come and not allow
Instead of being depressed, I chose to think about why I find it hard to build my confidence. The top reason for them to defeat me. When I experience a loss, I know
the improvements that I can make. After thinking for failing is that we do not have a “Plan B”. If you don’t have a I always have a choice. I have a chance to try harder
a while, I realized that the reasons why I failed my “Plan B”, you will find it hard to move forward. or do better next time. Moreover, I should reflect on
test were because I was sick for a few days before the myself and learn from my mistakes. Now, after I fail,
test and I was being lazy. However, I did not make any Is it a bad thing to have failure? I don’t think so. In my view, I will always find what went wrong and keep learning
excuses. Even though I was sick, I should have studied there is no growth without struggle. I will look for ways to from my mistakes by pausing and reflecting. It’s
earlier. If I had been hard-working and had studied overcome them. It can prove that I have the ability to do because if I don’t understand my mistakes I may fall into
earlier instead of waiting to study until the test came, I something more difficult. Furthermore, I will know what I that same trap and keep failing because of the same
don’t think I would have failed. need to do to succeed. mistake.
Moreover, I never blame myself. It is only my approach that is
But I’m lucky that I failed because I can finally have a not working, not me being incompetent. I will try to figure out A positive attitude is a cause of success, not a result.
chance to learn from failure. To avoid the same mistakes what the problem of my approach is. In addition, I will watch Many things we attempt may not work out as we
from happening again, I’ve learnt that I should study my wording which may affect my emotions. For instance, I will expected. Keeping our attitude positive requires a
earlier, not only when there’s a test. We should always tell myself “you can do better next time”, rather than saying concerted effort. Although we may feel frustrated, it is
revise the things we learn every day, so we can “update” “you didn’t succeed”. essential to persevere. A great attitude is a pre-requisite
and “refresh” ourselves. Moreover, I’ve learnt that we for success. So start to look for the good in everyone
should always pay attention in class. It really helps. The most important thing is to give my best effort, no matter and everything you come in contact with. Don’t let a
Through the lesson, we can know the explanation of how good or bad the situation is. There are many things that poor attitude be the reason why you stay in a mediocre
each question. cannot be controlled, but I can control the effort I put in. Even state forever and why you never fulfill your potential.
though my effort isn’t that much compared to others, what’s Now I know I should be alert to how I see myself after
Failure can take something away from you but it can important is to try hard to give it my best. each failure. I will not compare myself to others. I will
also give you some treasures. It just depends on your stay positive! Keeping a journal and doing self-talk can
point of view towards mistakes. For me, I chose to stay To sum up, failure can lead us to get stuck and it can make it help me be more aware of how I feel and think. So
positive. Would you choose to live in the past for the hard for us to move forward, but we can’t give up too easily.
rest of your life or be a successful person who looks We don’t need to be afraid of failure since it isn’t a bad thing. believe you can and you’re halfway there.
forward from now on? Failure is a part of the learning and growing process.
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