Is failing sometimes necessary?

Pooja Chaturvedi | Last updated: 03 January 2022

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This article argues that failure is not only necessary but can be a powerful catalyst for personal growth. The author shares a personal anecdote about failing an entrance exam despite high marks in school, facing criticism, and then succeeding in subsequent, more challenging stages of their professional qualification. The piece emphasizes that setbacks build inner strength and resilience, encouraging readers not to fear failure but to use it as an opportunity to return with renewed vigour.

Failures are indeed necessary sometimes.

You know what people do when you achieve something they praise you and if you flunk by even 1 mark, they start mocking you.

I remember in my 12th standard I got 94% marks people were congratulating me saying things oh you can clear CA in one go.

Embrace Failure: Why Setbacks Make You Stronger

Just go for it and so on.

But I couldn't clear CPT on the first attempt I got 96 marks and flunked by 4 marks the same people mumbled "she is not able to clear even the entrance exam how will she clear the next level IPCC." With a disheartened heart, I started again preparing for the second attempt of CPT and I got exactly 100 marks. At that time my father's boss who himself is a chartered accountant said to my father that he should ask me whether I could do CA or not. In CPT she couldn't clear even the entrance with good marks even in the second attempt what will she do next?

My father ignored. I started preparing afresh for the next level and
WAIT WHAT!

I cleared IPCC in one go.

It is a rigorous answer to those people who think I could not do it. I am now in my CA finals. So what people say about you doesn't even matter.

Failures make you stronger. It shows you how much strength you have that you bounce back with more courage.

So when failure knocks on your door, don't fear, rather do come back with more vigor.

Good vibes!!