In this episode of The MindShifter Audio Blog, Fatima Bey dismantles the fear-based misunderstanding of failure and reframes it for what it actually is: practice feedback. This episode explains why most people don’t fail because they lack talent or intelligence, but because they quit too early.
From entrepreneurship to academia, this is a grounded reflection on persistence, iteration, and why progress belongs to those who refuse to confuse a failed attempt with a failed identity.
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https://www.fatimabey.com/failure-is-just-practice-feedback
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:19 You didn’t fail, you practiced
0:49 The moment failure actually happens
1:24 Why your first attempt didn’t work
2:16 One variable was off
2:46 The academic truth about failure
3:39 Talent vs persistence
4:44 Your origin story, not your ending
5:13 Failure as feedback
5:52 Permission to try again
6:24 Winning belongs to the persistent
MindShift Moments
• Failure is information
• Quitting is the only real failure
• Identity is not tied to outcomes
• Iteration beats intelligence
• Persistence compounds
Quotes
“You didn’t fail. You discovered what doesn’t work.”
“Winning belongs to the persistent.”
“You are a success in progress.”
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