Former Secretary of State Colin Powell once said “Sometimes you must pass failure on the way to success.”
Can you think of a time when you failed at something before you were able to get it?
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March 5th, 2007 · 12 Comments
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Asia
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:23 am
When I was riding my bike and I fell off onto concrete and got a cut, so I went home and put a bandage on it and stuff, but then I went and rode my bike and I could ride it, and I’ve never really fell down since that! I think that is a good example of passing failure on the way to success.
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Riley
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:26 am
I failed at soccer, paintball, racing,and I failed at swimming a lot of times. I also failed at football a couple of times, basketball, baseball definately, and lastly typing really fast.
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Frankie
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:28 am
It happened ot me one time when I wanted to try to hit the ball over the fence at one of my baseball games. It took me about two years to untill I finally did. so thats one time I failed at somthing before I was able to get it.
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Christine
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:29 am
Yes I can! When I first tried swimming I jumed in and then jumped right out because it was to cold! I said to my mom I didn’t want to do swimming but then she said I had to. So then I practiced and practiced and got really good like I am today.Later!
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Ryan
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:33 am
Doing a back flip on a trampoline. When i was in Cincinati, Ohio I was at my friend caleb’s house on his trampoline. I saw him oing all these crazy flips and stuff, and i thought it was really cool so i tried it. But i could not get it but i kept trieing and about on the 4th time i was able to do a back fli on a trampoline, and now its addicting
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Vito
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:36 am
Yeah, when I started swimming with out any one helping. I tried but I just couldn’t keep my self up ’till a couple of years back
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Megan
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:54 am
Soccer. I tried and tried, but I never got it right. Then I went up to my Uncle Ed( he used to play soccer when he was little) and he tough me. So… that’s what I wasn’t good at before I tried!
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Laura
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:57 am
I was on the diving team for the OSC. Kate my diving coach told me to do a back dive. I could not do it I kept on trying but i never got it. So the season is over but I never got to go to a meet I was really sad. But I kept trying to do it by joining SAC i now had a coach named Megan this is 6 months later I finally got a backdive done. So I finally got to go to a meet. But I needed 3 dives to go to champs. I got a back flip I went to champs and finished 4th, it may not be first but It is not last , and atleast I got to go.
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Danny
// Mar 7, 2007 at 9:59 am
I was trying to juggle a soccer ball 5 times but I only 3. So I kept practicing until I got good. So all that practicing paid off now I can do 22 with out stopping. til’ next time
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Matthew
// Mar 7, 2007 at 10:00 am
:)When I failed the test.
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Colin
// Mar 7, 2007 at 10:01 am
I failed in doing a dive off of a diving board. The first time I tried a dive i fell in the water but i did a belly flop and did hurt so i didn’t try to do a dive in 5 days!!!!!!! On the 6th day i fell in by accident and dove so i kept on trying that for the whole day and at the end of the day i dove off of the diving board for the first time.
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Megan
// Mar 15, 2007 at 5:06 pm
I failed on many things like…..Soccer, Basketball, Running(I wasn’t so good when I was yonger) and last but not least Tea-kwon-do. But know I’m better at all those things espesially Tea-kwon-do. Ohhh… and about Tea-kwon-do I’m going to Connecticut on Friday March 15!!!!!!
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