{"id":1633,"date":"2022-07-07T04:15:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2024-08-11T09:40:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T16:40:29","slug":"100-words-on-why-you-should-never-ever-be-afraid-of-failure-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id1633-100-words-on-why-you-should-never-ever-be-afraid-of-failure-2.html","title":{"rendered":"100 Words On: Why You Should Never Ever Be Afraid of Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/determination.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1634\" title=\"determination\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/determination.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a>Most of us learn to fear failure and avoid it at all costs. During our quest for financial freedom, however, well encounter plenty of failures. Usually, we learn from them and move on. Sadly, the fear of failure is also used as a convenient excuse for some folks who dig themselves into <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id19595-why-some-people-who-cut-expenses-to-the-bone-still-cant-make-ends-meet-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a deep financial hole<\/a> and are looking for any reason to avoid the hard work of overcoming their oppressive debt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong> Success earned in spite of failure is the ultimate reward. Failure, in its purest form, will only become reality for those who are willing to accept defeat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photo Credit: cdharrison<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us learn to fear failure and avoid it at all costs. During our quest for financial freedom, however, well encounter plenty of failures. Usually, we learn from them and move on. 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