26A Celebrating Failure

I recently failed this past semester in my finance class. Math classes have always proved particularly challenging for me. I purchased the Study Edge and watched all the chapter reviews. However, I still could not get a good grade on the exams. After the first exam, I found a tutor to private tutor me and go over the practice problems with me. The extra practice and tutoring seemed to work until I saw my grade on Canvas.

I learned from this failure that it is extremely important to manage your time properly to study for challenging classes. I now know I need to seek extra help earlier in math classes to avoid failure. 

Failure is definitely hard because failure causes emotional distress and self-loathing. You begin to think you will not succeed if you do not get an A in all your classes. I am an extremely competitive person, so I get distraught whenever I fail anything. This class has changed my perspective on failure by forcing me to take risks to achieve my goals. I would have never created my own business concept or made useful connections in the Gainesville area before I took this class because I was always afraid of failing before. However, this class instilled confidence in me to take risks despite the chance of failure. Entrepreneurship taught me that it is okay to fail because I can learn from my failures and improve myself.