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One of the biggest challenges in anyone's life is knowing how to interpret "failures". How we deal with life's defeats" and what we determine is the cause will shape our destinies. We need to remember that how we deal with adversity and challenges will shape our lives more than almost anything else. 

 Sometimes we get so many references of pain and failure that we begin to assemble those into a belief that nothing we do can make things better. Some people begin to feel that things are pointless, that they're helpless or worthless, or that no matter what they try they'll lose anyway. These are a set of beliefs that must never be indulged in if we  ever expect to succeed  and achieve in our lives. These beliefs strip us of our personal power and destroy our ability to act. 

 In psychology there is a name for  this destructive mindset: learned helplessness. When people experience enough failure at something - and you'd be surprised  how few times this is for some people - they perceive their efforts as futile and develop the terminal discouragement of learned helplessness.

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