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If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes.

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Norwich
Norfolk
Forget
Deeply
Setbacks
Whether
Mistakes
Discern
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Figure
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Self
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Failures
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Reflect
Went
Esteem
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Patterns

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