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Does this really matter?
Again, my best wishes for your future success, and my sincere wish that, like all successful people, you learn at least as much from your failures as from your success.
If someone were to say something like this to you, what questions might it cause you to reflect on?
Possibly:
- Does this individual think you have failed, succeeded, or both?
- Is the sincerity they proclaim genuine?
- What does this individual consider success? What do they consider failure?
- Do you think the person saying this to you is a success or a failure?
- Do they care whether others think they are a success or a failure?
- Are their best wishes enough? And does their wish really matter?
- Who is ultimately responsible for deciding whether something is a success or a failure?
- Do you believe you are a success or a failure?
- How do you measure success and failure?
- Will your future state ultimately be considered a success or a failure?
- Is your own view of yourself enough to determine whether you are successful or unsuccessful?
- Do the opinions of others influence whether you view yourself as a success or a failure?
- Are you biologically successful or a failure?
- Are you economically successful or a failure?
- Are you personally successful or a failure?
- Are you spiritually successful or a failure?
- Are you physically successful or a failure?
- Are you socially successful or a failure?
- Are you professionally successful or a failure?
- Are you intellectually successful or a failure?
- Are you emotionally successful or a failure?
- Do you want to be successful, or do you want to fail?
Many other questions can arise.
You could ask something as simple as why the individual chose those particular words. If the statement was written, why did they choose that specific sentence structure? Why mention failure at all? Why compare failure with success? Why describe their wish as sincere?
You can ask yourself as many questions as you want. One question can lead to another, and that question can lead to ten more.
But perhaps, before asking any of them, the best question to ask is: