By Pat Mathewson I have always been interested in student advocacy, which requires public speaking skills. Lacking these skills made me feel like a failure. In my first year, when I had to present to the whole room, I…
By Kyle Blain In 2013, I was responsible for organising Jailbreak, a race in second semester where the teams have 36 hours to get as far away from St Andrews as they can. The event was well attended, and we decided to…
By Dr Chris Hooley You have to understand when you are shying away from something for emotionally driven reasons. It is very easy to make your mind think about other things in the academic environment, and to be…
By Staff at Student Services Look at things in perspective. Challenge negative thinking by analysing what you did right. Failure is part of learning, and you should give yourself credit for what went well as well as…
The YouTube channel The School of Life has an interesting video on the history of failure as an idea, and how it has evolved over time. Give the video a watch, or read some of the highlights below! Highlights: Greek…
TEDxSF by Mel Robbins Another great video about failure and how to get what you want – feel the fear and do it anyway! The video can be found here, or highlights are laid out below. Highlights: What do you want? Not…
By Anonymous Picture it. You graduate with a 2:1, and, literally two days after Grad Ball, start something that, if it isn’t your dream job, then it’s as close to a dream job as you can possibly imagine. Not just that,…
It’s important to talk about failure, but sometimes this can be hard. How do you broach the subject in the first place – let yourself be vulnerable and potentially be let down? How do you make sure the other person…
By Syl Reads (written 31st December 2019) Every year, like many avid readers and book bloggers, I participate in the Goodreads Challenge. I set a number of books that I want to read within the year (usually 100), then…
It can be easy to feel restless and distracted in the best of times, let alone when it feels like everything is changing and anxiety is settling onto every daily activity. Locations have been moved, adjustments have…