Advice From Dr Chris Hooley
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…
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The History of Failure
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…
‘How To Stop Screwing Yourself Over’
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…
Failure: Navigating Life
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,…
Failing My Goodreads Challenge
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…
Keeping Calm and Carrying On
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…
The Things I’ve Learned From Failure
By Anonymous Looking back over my time at university, I can think of quite a few occasions where I didn’t manage to achieve the outcome I thought I wanted. Thinking about these ‘failures’ with hindsight, I can see…
About the Usefulness of Failure Blog
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” – Thomas Aquinas “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will…