What is one lesson you've learned from a past failure and how has it shaped you?

Purpose ✏️

Reflect on a past failure and understand the valuable lessons it provided. Identify how this experience has influenced your personal growth.

Benefits 💪

Thinking about past failures helps you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, build resilience, and transform challenges into learning opportunities.

Questions for Reflection 🧐
  • What was the situation and what made you consider it a failure?
  • How did you feel during and after the experience?
  • What specific lesson did you learn?
  • How has this lesson influenced your actions or mindset since then?
Example ✅

You might write about a job you didn't get that led you to a better-suited career, a relationship that ended and taught you about communication, or a project that failed and helped you develop stronger problem-solving skills.

Time of Day 🕙

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