No one is talking about fear of failure
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No one is talking about fear of failure

Jane Bates Ophthalmic nurse, Hampshire

Learning from our mistakes should be an option, not just an expression

I recently helped to run a fundraising quiz and afterwards found myself obsessing that I had made a mistake. Never mind that everyone had a rollicking good time and that we made pots of money for charity, it was the failure rather than the success that stayed in my mind.

Nursing Standard. 34, 2, 12-12. doi: 10.7748/ns.34.2.12.s7

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