For example, if you try something and fail, in what sense is it worse than not having tried the thing at all (which would be your default action)? Okay, maybe you lost some time, but maybe you also learned something.
If you achieve half of what you wanted, is that a “success” or a “failure”? Again, compared to what? There is no correct answer—it is what it is, 0 < 1⁄2 < 1, those are the facts.
If you wanted to bake 3 cakes, but you only baked 2, are those two small successes and one small failure, or is this all together one huge failure (with zero success)?
Are you actually worried about social consequences of failure?
Is the greatest problem that if you fail, someone will laugh at you? Maybe you shouldn’t tell them. Maybe you shouldn’t take their opinion so seriously, and instead find a friend who will encourage you for trying.
How do you define “failure”?
For example, if you try something and fail, in what sense is it worse than not having tried the thing at all (which would be your default action)? Okay, maybe you lost some time, but maybe you also learned something.
If you achieve half of what you wanted, is that a “success” or a “failure”? Again, compared to what? There is no correct answer—it is what it is, 0 < 1⁄2 < 1, those are the facts.
If you wanted to bake 3 cakes, but you only baked 2, are those two small successes and one small failure, or is this all together one huge failure (with zero success)?
Are you actually worried about social consequences of failure?
Is the greatest problem that if you fail, someone will laugh at you? Maybe you shouldn’t tell them. Maybe you shouldn’t take their opinion so seriously, and instead find a friend who will encourage you for trying.