When I was a kid, I was so scared of failing, I literately had nightmares about it. As an ambitious kid, I did not like failing in general, but failing a test was my worst nightmare. As a dyslexic…

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As a dyslexic kid you learn that struggle is part of life, but failure — not an option. Get a Chocolate if you Fail the Tests — How I learnt not to fear failing. When I was a kid, I was so scared of failing, I literately had nightmares about it. As an ambitious kid, but failing a test was my worst nightmare.

Get a Chocolate if you Fail the Tests — How I learnt not to fear failing.

this is most definitely not your “typical tech article”… in fact, I would say it’s actually more of a “life lessons article”. in some ways it makes me think of “the only true failure, is to never have tried”, albeit a much more situational and wordy version…
for me, the key takeaway here is this: when you “fail” (by whatever parameters you choose) at something, don’t beat yourself up about it; look at why it didn’t “succeed”, and then armed with that knowledge, get up and try again.
with all that said, I think Amir Shevat has a really cool mom. :)

I didn’t expext to get parenting tips while looking for tech news, but here I am