Natalie
2 min readAug 23, 2022

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Oh, Nour -- I laughed quite a few times, just hearing the passion in your voice. Oh man - I have so much I could share about this but it would take pages, perhaps it's better to say, there was a time when I would not have understood a word of why you said what you did and with such anger. I can say that the reason I'm laughing is that it's taken a lot of discussions and a lot of talks with my husband who has a mentality such as your own to understand what you are saying.

This line:

"We don’t call that process failure; we call it walking through the steps of finding the correct input for the best output. The goal is to overcome a challenge and win, not fail!" -- sums it best really.

I have someone that I will share this with only because that person, like I, do tend to give ourselves the option to fail, just recognizing that it is part of the process --but this line:

"You will fail whenever you start anything and accept failure as an option, guaranteed! Even if you walk in the right direction, your mind will lead you back to failure." -- nailed something for me:

It's about persistence- believing in oneself to push through and see the obstacles as the process but not the ultimate finish line -- rather just saying I will succeed at this.

I can tell you that I've tried different things in the past where I went in "half-ass" scared that if I aimed to "make it" -- I was setting myself up for failure...truth is, it's the opposite.

I think some may read this as harsh or will miss the point...it's one you have to stick through to get to the heart of what you are saying. You remind me so much of a friend I met years ago, Kareem -- and his dad taught him the same principles. His father -- and he are very successful.

Okay, I guess I did write pages! Disregard above! ;-)

For the record --- I'm still reading you even though you don't follow me 🤪 -- I'm going to joke about this forever, just to let you know!!!😂

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Natalie
Natalie

Written by Natalie

Wife, mother, teacher, people/music lover and writer: sharing bits of her soul one story at a time.

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