His response to my previous post suggests we were talking about totally different things, which I attribute to my failure to make my argument clearly.
After my umpteenth failure, an incredible realization washed over me: No one cared.
We now come to my biggest failure of 2011: Research in Motion (Nasdaq:RIMM).
"Jorge, as you remind me, my biggest failure is that we haven't gotten comprehensive immigration reform done, " he said.
Being ignored is minor compared to the hostility and emotional abuse many other stepmothers experience, but my sense of failure grew each time I tried to grow closer to my stepdaughter and was rebuffed.
And he added: "The failure of my initiative does not mean the failure of Tunisia or the failure of the revolution, " in a reference to the popular unrest two years ago that ousted autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
My biggest mistake may have been a failure to temper my style to the culture of print newsrooms, as clearly, there has been a contentious attitude between us from the day I walked in.
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Early in my career, the fear of failure drove most of my decisions.
Living my life fearing failure could have been the result of this incident.
Years ago when I was a young currency trader, my boss orchestrated failure for me with a view to teach me some lifelong lessons.
My most recent failure was during the early development of BrooklynTheBorough.com.
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Ultimately this happened under my watch, and the failure to control must fall at my door.
It also reinforced that the single biggest thing that predicted my future success or failure was mental strength.
In the end, I gave up and returned to Porto Alegre, embittered by the failure of my penitential trip.
That's, I think, a failure on my part, is to try to foster better communications even if there's disagreement.
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After the failure of my interior decorating business I realized that in my attempts to rescue it I had inadvertently learned a little about marketing.
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People always ask me about failure at my book events.
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After all, what is it worth being able to drive across bridges without fear of plunging to certain death? (By my calculations our bridge failure rate is one in three hundred and fifty thousand).
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Well, I'm sorry to report that my recent mancation was a failure.
After vacillating for two weeks, terrified by thoughts of failure, I withdrew my application and stuck with "just" law school.
The last significant time we spent together, and my last video of you, was at my impromptu wedding, destined for failure before the ceremony even began.
As just one example of many, half of all heart attack survivors have a damaged heart and suffer from heart failure, a condition my father had and died from some decades ago.
What I learned from this orchestrated failure remained with me throughout my years as a trader.
Either choice, in my opinion, increases the chances of failure.
We discussed that question with Melissa Ede, who describes herself as a transgender woman, and has signed up as a contender to be selected for the Mars One mission - "failure isn't in my vocabulary", she told us before the webcast.
The last thing on earth I want to do is finish off my career with something that I consider a failure.
Everything from a failure to acknowledge a birthday to my own barren wall is there in the open for all to see.
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