And no, its not what you’re thinking.
Read this wonderful speech by noted trader Paul Tudor Jones on Failure. Something everyone experiences. Something that no one talks about.
I’ve encountered failure. I’m sure you have too. All of us encounter some form of failure at every stage in our lives. What we do with our failure is what defines us, and helps mould us into the people we will become.
I think it is essential for everyone to face failure, to know that life is not always about roses and violins and standing on the first block on life’s podium. Life is about picking your self up from the ground, where you’ve fallen, bruised, and sorting your head out, waiting for your ears to stop ringing, and then start running again. Learning this time round, to watch ahead and look at the road below too.
About Kiran Manral
Kiran Manral is a writer and major social media influencer. After quitting her full-time journalist’s job when her son was born, Kiran became a mommy blogger on the internet, with a remarkably original voice. She was a journalist at The Asian Age, The Times of India, features editor Cosmopolitan, India Cultural Lead and Trend spotter at Gartner Iconoculture US, Senior Consultant at Vector Insights, Ideas Editor, SheThePeople.TV. Kiran is currently a celebrated author and an independent research and media consultant.
She was shortlisted for the Femina Women Awards for Literary Contribution in 2017. The Indian Council of UN Relations (ICUNR) supported by the Ministry of Women and Children, Govt of India, awarded her the International Women’s Day Award 2018 for excellence in the field of writing. In 2021 she was awarded the Womennovator 1000 Women of Asia award. In 2022, she was named amongst the 75 Iconic Indian women in STEAM by Red Dot Foundation and Beyond Black, in collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India, and British High Commission, New Delhi.
Her novella, Saving Maya, was long-listed for the 2018 Saboteur Award, supported by the Arts Council of England in the UK. Her novels 'The Face At the Window’ and ‘Missing, Presumed Dead were both long-listed for Jio MAMI Word to Screen, and ‘The Face at the Window’ was showcased at the South Asian Film Festival 2019. The Kitty Party Murder was shortlisted for the Popular Choice award at the 2021 JK Papers TOI AutHER awards.
Her other books include The Reluctant Detective, Once Upon A Crush, All Aboard, Karmic Kids-The Story of Parenting Nobody Told You, A Boy’s Guide to Growing Up, True Love Stories, 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting, Raising Kids with Hope and Wonder in Times of a Pandemic and Climate Change, More Things in Heaven and Earth and Rising: 30 Women Who Changed India. She also has published short stories in various magazines, in acclaimed anthologies like Have A Safe Journey, Boo, The Best Asian Speculative Fiction 2018, Grandpa’s Tales, Magical Women and City of Screams. Kiran lives in Mumbai with her family.
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Fortytwoandcounting 
couldn’t have come at a better time for me! thanks!
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I needed it as well.
Thanks a tonne.
Much love.
http://www.anounceofeternity.wordpress.com
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“What we do with our failure is what defines us, and helps mould us into the people we will become”
I am going to keep quoting this with permission from you
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Well said, failure is the biggest opportunity we fail to recognize. It is like you said, all about the attitude you have once you have failed. Do you get up and run or do you just sit there and sulk?
Success (without failure) makes you complacent and lazy. Failure on the other hand makes you wiser and live life to the fullest.
Thanks to failure I will never stop experimenting and learning…
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Akhil: Good to hear that…
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