You will fail a lot

You will fail a lot:

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You will fail a lot.

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To be successful, you must fail.

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A lot.

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For every success you have, you should have 100 failures.

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100 efforts that don’t work.

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100 attempts at trying hard.

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Through those efforts, you will learn valuable skills.

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Resilience.

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Perseverance.

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Toughness.

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You will also be criticized.

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If not publicly, definitely privately.

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Use that as fuel.

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Use that as a motivator.

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Show the people who don’t believe in you how great you can become.

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Talked to one of my best friends today who just got into an ophthalmology residency.

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An incredible achievement considering that’s one of the hardest specialties to get a job in the world of medicine.

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Yet this guy was known in university as the biggest slacker.

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The guy who ‘chilled’ a lot if you know what I mean.

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No one expected us to do what we’ve done.

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We use to leave parties to get away from everything just to chill.

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People thought we were losers.

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Now, look at us.

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Told him we are going to be the most successful out of our group of friends.

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He knows it and I know it.

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Why?

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He’s been on his journey.

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He’s failed.

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He tried to get in 3 times.

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3 years of attempts.

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Countless hours of grinding, working his butt off.

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All for the chance.

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And he did it.

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His hard work paid off.

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But he failed to get there.

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He had to learn the hard lessons.

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Where you’re on your own.

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Everyone around you doubts you.

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Your parents are disappointed in you.

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You’re in your head wanting to give up.

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But you have to keep going.

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You have to keep pushing.

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You have to keep believing in your dreams.

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No matter what anyone else says.

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Because the grind is worth it.

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If you work at it long enough, you’ll get there.

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But you have to fail a lot.

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If you want success, you want failure.

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It hardens you.

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You’ll learn it takes years.

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Every overnight success knows this.

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Success is built on the grind.

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There’s no easy way to the top.

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Even when you get there, you’ll get knocked down.

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Again and again.

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You’ll have many dark times.

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Alone.

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Where it’s you and your mind doubting you.

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No matter what, keep going.

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Keep believing in the dream.

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If you want success, just know…

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You will fail a lot.

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