How to overcome your mistakes

Explore what prevents us from learning from our failures, and how to become more resilient through cultivating a growth mindset.
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People often describe failure as a teachable moment- a necessary stumble on our way to improvement. But learning from our mistakes isn’t always easy, especially when those failures are demoralizing, overwhelming, or just downright confusing. So what prevents us from turning our mistakes into mastery? Explore the biggest obstacles of learning from failure, and how to cultivate a growth mindset.
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[@colintys9603]

Love how they made a video on how to study effectively after my exam and immediately after made a video on how to cope with failure.

[@Hihey-hy9he]

The internet knows

[@acyllia5311]

I have 2 major exams for G.Math and E.Sci due next week. I saw their video on how to study while studying (which I did immediately, it’s kinda good) Then now this video appears lol

[@Agent-ie3uv]

So trivial definition of fAiLurE 🙄

[@juliafrill3228]

Ahahah, right. Maybe it's a sign. As I'm having my 11th grade anual exams this week. Amazing

[@lifechann]

just got my result yesterday, and i didn't make it.

[@JohnMalta-bs4sr]

I feel like a big reason why it is difficult to learn from failure is that we are not taught to accept it early on. My engineering professor had a saying "fail quickly and move on". He did not accept assignments until we had shown failed designs and our analysis of why they were wrong. This really helped me change my mindset.

[@jeandanslalune]

Failure was not considered a mistake. It was a sign of growth :) I love your professor approach ( ^ᴗ^)

[@foxwaffles]

A drawing professor I knew would always tell his students, who were generally complete beginners entering the graduate design programs from other fields, "Everyone has 1,000 terrible drawings inside of them and my job is to get them all out of you". That always stuck with me

[@dustymelody8378]

I like this

[@deveshi7]

thanks for sharing this story, really helpful.

[@gullucahan1453]

I wish all the teachers, and professors would like that 🥹

[@btheolatap2663]

"Building on what you're doing right can be more effective than focusing on what you did wrong"

[@Warrior.326]

can you please explain it further ...

[@lahi7933]

@@Warrior.326from what I understand, it means it is more efficient to learn from your success as it shows many things you have done right that accredits to it. So, basically, you can follow your previous plan or actions to achieve that same result, ex: you got an A grade, looking back your study strategy was to cover all the topics by learning one chapter per day. Next time, you want to get A you can follow that same study strategy. On the other hand, when you failed, it is hard to know exactly what went wrong and how did it happen; there could be so many factors that causing it. To learn from it, you would need to hardly and deeply about the true root. So, it can be overwhelming and time-consuming, ex: you got a F grade, you did study hard, however, it could be that you didn’t study hard enough, maybe you look at wrong lessons, maybe, you felt depressed and couldn’t focus causing you to forget everything, or it could be something else you weren’t aware about. So, it is pretty difficult to figure it out. That is why learning from your success or what you got right gives you a better idea of what you have done correctly that you could follow it again, less time-consuming and more efficient.

[@lahi7933]

Also, I haven’t covered our emotional responses to those two different circumstances. When we success, we feel more motivated and enjoyable to study. When we failed, we feel discouraged and embarrassed of our own mistakes. I recommend you to study more about cognitive psychology.

[@jeandanslalune]

​@@Warrior.326 When you succeed, your brain associates what you did with "I need to do it more", and you do more of it because your brain has created a connection between your actions and a feeling of being right. You build more neuron connections when you focus on things your brain associate with "this felt right". On the opposite, when you fail, your brain associate what you did with "I need to it less", and tries to cancel your learned behavior by weakening neuron connections. When you fail, your brain unlearns. Repeat the process enough time and you slowly have a more and more paralysed individual, with a brain that cancels all future actions with "it won't work, I'm not trying anything anymore", because slowly, the only thing it will learn / reinforce will be "no action = no failure = security", and you go into inaction mode. You don't dare anymore. The brain needs reward / feeling of success to learn a behavior. Punishment / feeling of mistake weakens the brain into inaction.

[@vikareus1257]

It can boil down to taking advantage of your strengths as much as you can while also taking a bit of time and effort to learn from your weaknesses. Excessive self-doubt can impede people from learning as much as excessive self-confidence, so it’s a balancing act.

[@leonardodepinto7912]

Kudos to the animators behind this video. The animation is so well-executed; it's impossible not to be impressed.

[@ahmermirza]

It's just on point. Really, very well done.

[@Saujas]

I m not impressed this video just presented a whole bunch of nothing, Rephrasing the same question/uncertainty, again and again. I guess we gotta figure out solution to our problems by ourselves, introspection, innovation and Improvisation

[@Dani-zq8vv]

Yes, it's so cute too!

[@ahmermirza]

@@Saujas that's not what this comment is about. The comment is about animation of the video which, again, is very good.

[@moncyte01]

Just wanted to say the same, absolutely brilliant animation, so subtle yet so impressive ❤❤❤❤

[@3DMage]

In my experience, I think the main issue with failure is that when your mistakes are recorded (i.e. grades), there is a risk factor that has long-term consequences. Suppose you struggled learning square roots. You take the exam on square roots and you get a failing grade. You decide to study harder and mastered square roots. Well guess what, the exam is already done and you will not have any more opportunities to prove that you overcome the failure of square roots. Your initial grade is practically fixed and will likely set you back for a long time or permanently. Even if you overcome your "failure", any bad grade you already received will permanently remain and prevent you to succeed if enough failures occurred. This is especially messed up when your opportunities for scholarships or other educational opportunities is highly determined by your grades. Because of this, I always was driven to succeed to be able to have opportunities like scholarships, but at the cost of having a crippling fear of failure.

[@kvweber]

Ah, you must have gone to school in the US. Most public districts have changed their laws surrounding assessment grades like that. One or two bombed tests will not tank kids' GPAs anymore, because they can usually retake them.

[@3DMage]

@@kvweber You guessed correctly. It is good to know things are changing. I find the concept of high-stakes testing and performance-focused education demoralizing and useless. It removes the focus from learning and shifts it towards getting good grades at any cost. I just hope the US education system will catch up in that regard.

[@cozypm]

Not everything is Permeant

[@AquaticElixir]

@kvweber Even in the US I know a lot of teachers that do this system, along with something called “mastery-based grading,” which is a pass or no pass system where you’re graded on standards multiple times, and your last grade is taken.

[@Yah207]

Exactly, just like my country.. it's the one-opportunity country, where u might win ur dreams or lose them forever🙁

[@Turquoise-Official]

I love how even the intro has a mistake!! The attention to detail of these animators is crazy❤❤

[@IreneWY]

What mistake?

[@LilJeezy9]

The “faliures” word

[@ireneyoung4468]

OH, it's actually deliberate!😂

[@bawbsmith]

I have to say, I didn’t expect the conclusion to be so… unhelpful. The title of the video is “how to overcome your mistakes” but the conclusion is to focus on your successes. The example with the exam, and how these kinds of failures are the hardest to learn from, is probably where people struggle the most. And yet it’s brushed off by saying “focus on what you did right”, despite that not being helpful in actually finding out what went wrong! I felt like this video’s message was unclear, and therefore ultimately unhelpful, to those who are currently struggling with failure.

[@camilla8491]

same here. Personally I didn't find this video really helpful on how to over overcome my mistakes. It was a bit vague

[@xMMMLK]

It’s funny how dealing with a failure makes us feel demoralized and in turn sets us up for more failures so that we end up in a downward spiral. Wonderful insights that we can use to succeed again

[@Noukz37]

As a teacher of Chinese students for almost 10 years, I could share many examples of how their educational system treats mistakes in the worst possible way. It is diminishing any last bits of confidence those poor kids have in such a competitive environment. I grew up in Bosnia, but after living in China for some time, I'm happy I got the education I did, and so should you (probably).

[@Tomoe-un7yg]

And Vietnam 🇻🇳 the neighbour of Chinese also share the same educational policy. It does really stressful when trying to adapt to this harsh environment for 12 years at school 🥹😭🙏

[@Mintand_cinnamon]

Just two weeks before my exam when I was sick of making silly mistakes and didn't know how to overcome them? WOWW

[@ah7maw265]

I don't mean to be an expert but from my life experience I cay say : Just don't let the desires overcome you. Then you can control yourself.

[@Mintand_cinnamon]

@@ah7maw265 anxiety keeps knocking on my door every night. It's going to be a very rough week.

[@falmgalm]

Notes: In overcoming one's mistakes, it is better to focus on the things you did right than the things you did wrong. Retaining your self-esteem, self-confidence, and perception of self-competence is extremely important for your resolve, and motivation. Events and scenarios which shatter your self-perception of efficiency and competence according to a 2019 study had an negative impact on success. Those who failed the first rigged test failed more later on while those who won the first rigged test succeeded more alter on. Overcoming one's mistakes relies on knowing yourself, knowing what you want, why, protecting one's successful self-image, and growing a resiliency against feelings of failure in order to prevent motivation deterioration, and foster a positive success based mental environment.

[@IDMYM8]

Good job!

[@IDMYM8]

I would like to add that the video feels incomplete. I mean the two group studies. It was a very short-term test. I have a feeling if you look at the long term journey (which most of the people trying new things would want anyways), the people who failed earlier would travel further than those who succeeded earlier. In fact, I can bet that people who succeeded earlier are more likely to lose interest, thus there will be more body counts of those after certain miles. I feel like the actual answer would say, the mixture of self-confidence, resiliency, endurance, and observatory behaviour are the pillars of converting failures to learning experience. Like you must believe that you will overcome the failure, even if you don't. The mindset is very important. You are always learning. Like for example in the video it was said some students might not know what went wrong if they failed on a subject. The students who got good grades would know what to do right. I can argue that both were equivalent experiences. As one can guess, the students who succeeded with good grades might have very different situation than the students who got bad grades. So it's more of a feedback to adjust to your situations either way. It might even be that luck is a great factor. Like a student who's locked in poor environment might never make out and succeed despite trying hundreds of studying methods, while students who just randomly studies make out easily with good environment. There are lots of factors to consider. Check out Veritasium's video on expertise/learning. Capitalise on both. What went right, repeat it. What went wrong, try to fix it. Just remember you can do only one thing at a time and each things require there own time frame.

[@keroro407]

I failed my entrance exam many times, and it really hurt my self esteem and my ability to learn. Doesn't help when I alone failed, while my friends passed on first try. I don't know what I did wrong, and they don't know how to help either. Sure, you should focus on your success, and never over fixated on your failure, but small success that doesn't out weight all your pass failures. For that you need overwhelming success, to the point where you forget your pass failures.

[@Roxelle.]

Wow... As someone who suffers from general anxiety, I felt this deep from my soul. I just went to therapy an hour ago and we had the best discussion plus she recommended me this! This is just, amazing. I'm so happy

[@MendozaMendoza-hu5qy]

An

[@zenithstrikerz1720]

I remember when I was in secondary school, I was put in the top set for maths during year 7 but had trouble with anxiety. Although I kept up with the work my teacher decided that I wasn’t succeeding in the stressful environment. Without asking me or giving me any forewarning she moved me down two sets. One day I went in to class and she said that I needed to go to another classroom. After that I felt like such a failure that I ended up doubting my own skill and as a result my grades stopped improving as I truly believed that I was no good. I only found out the truth at parents evening, my mum waited until the last moment to talk to my old maths teacher and question why I had been moved down two sets. The sense of being a failure meant that I did not believe I could improve and I worry that others are going through something similar today. It’s a horrible feeling that sticks with you, the fear that you will fail never goes away entirely but it is important to keep trying. If you fail over and over in succession then having a break will help, do something you enjoy and know that you are good at before trying to tackle whatever it is that has caused you so much stress. You will succeed eventually, just make sure to not run yourself into the ground in the process.

[@jeandanslalune]

I feel you 🥲 I've slowly started learning from my mistakes the day I encountered a kind teacher, who didn't shame me for my mistakes, and who showed me I was not wrong when I failed, because trying meant mistakes, and it was okay. He also showed me that if a teacher couldn't help me understand something and was punishing me instead, the problem was not me that couldn't learn, but the teacher who didn't know how to teach, despite its skills. Good students don't make good teachers. Kind people make good teachers. And we often select mean people that did great at school to teach others. The result is that we are numerous to re-learn things after we leave school, because teachers weren't good teachers. I think mistakes can break or build someone. It's all in the mindset. And often, the mindset is crafted by the people we suround ourselves with. Good teachers teach valuable mindset, so that we can learn valuable lessons from our mistakes.

[@thedarkestsunn]

Ohhh my gosh this makes so much sense I suffered with low self esteem a lot of my schooling and it reflected in my grades a lot. I’m starting to build it up and my grades have jumped so much! I am even working towards pursuing a new program :) I’m glad this connection was put out there

[@alexandradelliou]

I'm so appreciative of Ted-Ed. Every time I feel set back, they upload un uplifting, grounded little video that changes your perspective and helps you understand truly understand things.

[@susannaalexanyan1345]

I completely agree with the video, and I relate to all the points made. I believe that another reason that we fail more often is making one failure or wrong choice our personality. When people get told that they failed because it is what they can do as a person, and whatever they’ll do will fail, they think that there is something wrong with them and give up. So overcoming the mistakes becomes a big problem, because it’s no longer mistakes for them but a whole personality. After all, it’s important to realize and remind ourselves that everyone makes mistakes and that’s natural, but the part when one has to overcome it, that is the most important.

[@ronnianabalos4627]

Thank you so much TED-ED for sharing this insightful video! I learned something truly important about the challenges of learning from our mistakes. It's eye-opening to realize how our tolerance for failure and the way we approach our errors can impact our growth. This lesson will undoubtedly stick with me. Grateful for the knowledge you provide!

[@manastic7270]

"Your tolerance for failure also depends on your relationship with the task at hand." Have intrinsic joy for the subject at hand and you will get through the difficult bits without the need for much motivation.

[@nasapeepo721]

So what I got from this video is that if you fail, it is important to at least turn it into a lesson. Fretting over it will achieve nothing but only make things worse. If you succeed, cherish it and you can also learn from it. No matter what happens, keep moving forward.

[@Hiepphandang0702]

Playing the game with a lot of fun is much better than being disappointed because of our mistakes at first. So focus on the thing you do good in order to make your brain work more effectively

[@krishradio1]

Our responses and reactions to mistakes, learning and growth are dynamic and keep changing with age and surroundings. We cannot always look for or hope for positive outcomes with everything we learn.

[@kwiky5643]

I love how TED always comes up with videos where I know I can trust them. They’ve been one of the only sources I’ve had trust in these last years, cause they’re here to actually help and make you learn, not make views

[@BigNorbert]

I love how no matter what state of mind you’re in, or whatever is going on at the moment, you can jump into a new TedEd video and be completely engaged through the entire video. Thank you for your years of uploading!!

[@tannereustace]

I've gotta say this video is something I needed today. I was struggling a lot with my self esteem in ruminating about my past mistakes and this video made me realize that I am allowed to feel proud of my successful accomplishments. A few months ago I had tried reaching out to people I had previously hurt to let them know I had grown and to thank them for helping shape who I am today, and although their responses were rather harsh and they seemed to not care, I can at least say that I tried to make amends and that if they can't appreciate the growth and successes of another human then that is on them!

[@RidireOiche]

Make and learn from your mistakes, early and often, they will be useful later. Always get things right, and your first mistake in a practical setting will seem like an insurmountable wall as you will likely have no way to approach fixing your mistake. I would argue that making all kinds of mistakes early and accumulating them is healthier and more beneficial to learning; it will make the wall less intimidating when you get there. Mistakes teach us valuable lessons, I have found people who made mistakes often while learning are frequently better at coming up with solutions and taking calculated risks. If you always complete a task correctly, you won't need to reflect on why you get it right and will always do it the same way you did it before. If you make mistakes, you must carefully examine the task's details to determine where you went wrong giving a greater understanding and offering the advantageious opportunity for ingenuity and inovation.

[@jeandanslalune]

I will say valuable teachers help students learn from their mistakes. Mistakes didn't teach me much … except to avoid trying maybe :/ I've slowly started learning from my mistakes the day I encountered a kind teacher, who didn't shame me for my mistakes, and who showed me I was not wrong when I failed, because trying meant mistakes, and it was okay. He also showed me that if a teacher couldn't help me understand something and was punishing me instead, the problem was not me that couldn't learn, but the teacher who didn't know how to teach, despite its skills. Good students don't make good teachers. Kind people make good teachers. And we often select mean people that did great at school to teach others. The result is that we are numerous to re-learn things after we leave school, because teachers weren't good teachers. I think mistakes can break or build someone. It's all in the mindset. And often, the mindset is crafted by the people we suround ourselves with. Good teachers teach valuable mindset, so that we can learn valuable lessons from our mistakes.

[@eyo8766]

The only mistake I made was being born

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

When someone did a mistake, surely, that will teach him/her a lesson. But, doing it again either purposely or unintentionally is another issue that needs to be resolved.

[@Chaxchax808]

I can’t tell you how much important this video was for me. It has opened my eyes to new perspectives that went unnoticed . Love ❤️ u ted ed.

[@jl9088]

This can be implied in general life but we also do need to sometimes remember our failures in order to improve. For example we need to remember the time when we hurt someone's feeling in order to prevent that from happening and we should remember our historical cause of war and destruction so that it won't happen in our country or to our world(earth).

[@ibrahimalowonle9106]

Ted Ed posted this right after I failed my AP Calc Test yesterday. Perfect timing, Haha

[@zenstoryshare]

Thank you to the animators behind this masterpiece. You've not only entertained me, but you've inspired me with your creative genius. This is art that truly moves the soul.

[@bloo_orb]

Mistakes happen. And that's the beauty of life isn't it? We overcome them and keep moving forward!❤

[@marinalodi6313]

I had a hard time taking step by step when learning new things and got easily frustrated with everything. Kinda the "howcome I'm not immediately excellent on this new thing??" mindset. I am now learning to respect the process and when I acomplish small milestones i feel rewarded and confident to go further or redo something in a better way.

[@thatonellamawhoissoobsesse8138]

Theres this learning curve that beginners go through which explain this..brb let me find the name Edit: the 'Dunnig-Kruger' effect

[@YourMentalHealthGuy]

In the beginning, we tend to focus on our successes, while as we advance, we become more aware of our failures. However, for sustained growth and long-term success, it's important to build upon our strengths and what we are doing right.

[@hope-.]

I'm sorry but the last part had me crying. My grades have been dropping and I'm sadly surrounded by judgemental teachers. Since I've shifted to a new place, nobody knows exactly that I had been the top student and it targets my insecurities even more.

[@OrangeSectorFN]

Ted-ed really be pulling out videos right when I need them

[@kondwanichimutu7379]

5 minutes packed with useful information throughout🎉. You guys are amazing.🎉 Thank you

[@fkmyoutube]

It's okay to fail. Don't believe your self talk and others that say you are a failure. Keep trying. Try other things. Try other methods. But just keep trying. Don't be afraid of failure.

[@lazerocatfish1254]

These ted ed videos are so simple and motivational. Please make more of these

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

Mistakes are part of the learning process. We make mistakes ever since we're little like when are learning how to walk, talk and many more activities but the only thing that changes as we grow older is us comparing ourselves to others (who perform better) and the heavy expectations from others that we may let them down. M Edit : not the annoying bots copying my comment 😑😑😠

[@minjipark5866]

Love how they made a video on how to study effectively after my exam and immediately after made a video on how to cope with failure

[@MendozaMendoza-hu5qy]

--@h@

[@craigmerkey8518]

Thank you very much! As a typical appearing person with an LD this is so important!

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

The biggest failure is living a life that we've been told to live... not how to live

[@goldzacid7338]

sounds like someone told you that 😂

[@ethrealfairyy8066]

Love these new videos coming out recently!!❤

[@stronggirl2973]

Thank you for this advice ❤

[@socialglitch2663]

I’ve been drawing since early childhood. Over the years, I’ve acquired a bit of skill. Though I’m convinced I’m no better at drawing than the next person. I’ve just had more days, more months, more years to make mistakes (and work around them).

[@Ragnadave]

Right on time, I needed this video

[@pickleyeet8844]

Sometimes you just can't learn much from failure. I failed my last year of uni, all it taught me was that I couldn't do the career path I wanted. It didn't help me grow, just limited me.

[@MeepPop-ke1jx]

That's when u try harder

[@maryhadalillamb7145]

Thankyou for this kind of contents you were making, it helps me now to understand about life and grow 💗

[@KaritKtana]

This animation style is ADORABLE 😍 It makes me keep watching and feeling empathy towards the lil people 🥰

[@misterkoneko2389]

Thanks ❤this helped a lot.

[@anthony_pope]

Thank you Ted-Ed, my last exam has had me feeling a bit confused on my ability, but I am going to adjust my ways going forward and keep a positive attitude and improve!

[@Anshu-bz9sk]

Best of luck! You got this!

[@justwaiting5744]

Thanks, Ted! ❤

[@AjayKumar-fd9mv]

Thanks very much. Much needed video

[@codyeasonBGR]

Great sound design as well good team work

[@varunprakash6207]

Failure should teach lesson we should tolerance understand what causes failure The way of animation 👌 semma super

[@darexinfinity]

As a Software Engineer, I have failed so many interviews. Unfortunately I never get feedback about why I failed so I never learn what to do different beyond my own assumptions of what went wrong. Job hunting is brutal.

[@kardoc3406]

Wasn't expecting to hear LLusion's "Day in Paris" on a TED-Ed video, but glad I did

[@delluca580]

My notes " building on what you are doing right can be more effective than focusing on failure what you did wrong"

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@XRaym]

Animation is excellent. And explanation are very interesting. well done !

[@sherlyneombaso783]

Thanks Ted❤

[@user-qn5cv9vg3e]

This is really helpful thanks.

[@rigtr7168]

Such incredible and fun animations!

[@sandradermark8463]

Those teary eyes when he mentioned Patroclus ❤❤❤

[@MrBlack-fk5of]

building on what you did right can be more effective than focusing on what you did wrong

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Let's do our best and keep on improving.

[@milaburhanzai]

❤ as a college student, thank you.

[@user-ii4sz5pn9b]

The nutshell of the video, as I got, is that you shouldn't stick yourself to mistakes, instead focus on success, with a growth mindset,which helps you to be more confident, the ingredient that reduces the mistakes you will make. Confidence, which comes from a successful mindset, is a great determined tool to avoid mistakes. The lack of confidence further makes the failure person failure, while making a successful person more successful. To avoid mistakes is to build confidence in your mind. ( I would like to get feedback if I distort what the video contains). Thanks

[@manavshah8335]

I love these animations!!

[@DrCorndog1]

"It's easier to learn from successes than to learn from mistakes." It's debatable how much learning even happens when we succeed. If I act based on my belief and my action is correct, have I learned or merely confirmed the knowledge I already held? Conversely, if I act on a belief and my action is incorrect, it forces me to reevaluate my belief. That's where learning happens.

[@WrongParadox]

it can depend on the type of problem - if the problem has lots of wrong variables then finding one of the few variables that work is more useful then the one of lots that aren't - and the reverse if the problem has lots of valid variables, finding the wrong ones can help clarify the problem. its worse when the significant variables are hidden and the visible variables are red-hearings making the results random and mostly independent of the choices made by the 'student' and can lead to a false sense of (over or under) confidence - Dunning-Kruger effect and other bias. umm the problem with the runes scenario (and similar 'fake' languages/situations - here 'fake' in the way the examiners are using them) - for a 'student' that is familiar with the subject matter, there could be a tendency to overthink it and try to determine what time period and geographic location the runes were from to determine the most likely reading (cf Futhark) - phonetic or ideographic. so if they were in either group and 'know' that there score was different from what they expected - they can suspect that the examiner is lying, or the results are arbitrary, or both, so their care-factor is reduced.

[@Shefetoful]

with regards to the runes experiment: can't it be explained by the fact that people were guessing in the first round with intuition of what runes seemed more animal like. and switching that intuition is not easy so the fail group kept failing. but that same intuition could be used by the pass group so ofc they were more likely to get correct answers.

[@odejidecharity]

❤one of Ted's best videos

[@o0hortensius0o]

Toller Typ 💪 Bitte nicht enden lassen!

[@lannguyen-er6rk]

It's wonderful. This video is all I need to understand myself

[@chienngo4808]

This article is so good, it helps me learn new things that I didn't know before, I was not good at English, so if there is a wrong grammar, please help me correct it.

[@shreeyarajak2315]

Great information👏

[@vickykhirova7326]

Animators and illustrators definitely need to focus on their success in working on this video 😍 Even if the idea fell flat (which it didn't) and the voiceover was soul-destroying (which it's not), I still wouldn't have noticed anything, as I was hypnotised by the cool illustrations and animations!

[@Mrkvaman]

Love the sound design :D

[@Obsessionurdu]

this was really helpfull thanks

[@erickho4582]

Animators ted ed are killin' it on this one!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

LOVE your content 😊😊❤😊❤❤❤

[@hugoheine5093]

I had a history professor who thought that failures were determinants of ability, her words were "there is no such thing as 'I don't remember' or 'I forgot'". She thought she was perfect, to the point that one of her colleagues sarcastically pronounced her degree as a doctor in history.Therefore, failing was not an option, it was the determining evidence that one was completely useless. Teachers like her are the cause of the decline of education, because they are not a minority.

[@lisal.1114]

As someone who used to study history for 2 years, (not anymore due to personal reasons and a passion burnout) I would have left her class imediadly after this unless it was mandatory. Students leave classes all the time and the ones were they stay despites a bussy scedule r usally engaging and enjoyable. Also first lesson that I learned, when I strated my studies were that we all have a subjective perspective and that we r never free of failing to be neutral. What we can do is work hard to stay as neutral and selfreflective as possible, when we do research and to be honest, when we r at a limit. They repeated that everytime, when there was a need for it in every history related class that I had. Edit: Also unless she is some kind of superhuman, I would be really impressed if she remembers every single word of every single literature that she ever read. If people like that exist that higly impressive and I would want that to, so thankyou for showing us that this is biologically possible. Mad respect! Anyway for a normal person multiple Literatures per day r a lot of new information to process, especially in the beginning and not every text is easy to read. ( Like each text is around 30 till 40 pages and sometimes u have to read multiple or a whole book for one lesson. That does not include the sources that r also part of a lecture and the research that u have to do for your assigments or other reasons) 😅🧿

[@Roxelle.]

I'm so glad they use archery on the thumbnail

[@Zhung36]

I would like to know if there's any other similar animation, it's really good!

[@asifkar]

Wonderful.

[@Zentsuuki]

i have bad experience of school, is all about passing and ego. im thankful for Ted ed and community for their sincere sharing. you have a great teachers.

[@thatonellamawhoissoobsesse8138]

Try clubs that you like, and take school where you want it to go Would that help?

[@gbpropellerrat4300]

this came at a great time

[@clover-marumaru]

At this point I'm convinced you guys can read minds lol this video came out at the right time for me who finished their exam a few days ago :'> Also the animation is just adorable!!🥺 has to be my most favourite one so far this year

[@parslankhalid5041]

thank you😀 like your content

[@187gnyb]

TED-Ed: Here's how to overcome your mistakes me, a failure: *gets popcorn and watches it*

[@namelesscare7982]

"How to overcome your mistakes" By trying not to repeat them and taking a lesson from it. That's the simple answer and summary of this video.

[@theweastwumbologist]

I want to get back into photography again but nuances like not having the right camera and a low tolerance for the only available photography department/instructors at my school made me give it up about two years ago. I'm not sure how to get past those blocks, i was really close to success when i was taking photography classes. 💔

[@gabriellouisjamison350]

my favorite video ever

[@HunterHogan]

(some credentials: psych degree, former assistant state's attorney, now disabled and homeless) Overall, y'all make good points and share useful things. You err, however, by interpreting reflexive emotional responses, such as at 1:12, in the context of contemporary life and the hyper-rationality of contemporary culture. In the last 12 years of homelessness, I've had to make hundreds of decisions with life-or-death risks. Failure to identify runes and failure to identify a habitat with sufficient nutrition have radically different risks, but I assure you that human emotions cannot discriminate those failures from each other.

[@RoboticDragon]

In short, build upon what you did right, not what you did wrong. Is the takeaway I got. I love the animations in these ted videos. Reminds me of the stuff from when I was little, that coupled with the narrators often clam soothing voice, its a relaxing way to take in information.

[@auroravial3856]

Great video!

[@LISA_mee12]

Yeah absolutely it was useful video.Actually everything depends on ourselves/how to accept these events.Positive person stays calm after failure and tries better than the past and starts to success again and again!📈📚

[@jangzhang7323]

Ted ed cures depression with their beautiful animations and words of wisdom