2 essays on failure from the Consilium journal. Featuring Maya Angelou, Marcus Aurelius, William James. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.
Three thinkers on confidence and failure. Angelou says confidence is built in the doing, not found first. Aurelius says the judgment was always yours. James asks what you actually believe.
Three thinkers disagree about what you do after failure. Xenophon says regroup and march. Liddell Hart says find the indirect path. Kautilya says adapt or lose everything.
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