A great TED Talk that a friend sent me over the weekend.
“Think back for a moment to elementary school. You’re sitting there in class, and your teacher is handing back quiz papers, and one of them looks like this [displays a spelling test graded with a C-]. This is not mine, by the way. (Laughter) So there you are in grade school,and you know exactly what to think about the kid who got this paper. It’s the dumb kid, the troublemaker, the one who never does his homework. So by the time you are nine years old, you’ve already learned, first of all, that people who get stuff wrong are lazy, irresponsible dimwits — and second of all, that the way to succeed in life is to never make any mistakes . . . according to this, getting something wrong means there’s something wrong with us.“
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Quinn, really impressed with you for creating this. I think our nature is to overachieve, and honestly that can’t last for long…we burn out. The Texas bar was like a 2×4 to the face. We don’t know our results until October 31st at the earliest, and it was just an all around absurd and awful experience. I hope I can exhibit the same amount of courage you clearly have, whether I pass or not. I think it takes so much not to give ourselves the consolations that avoidance and hiding can both become. By opening up a dialogue like this, you are really encouraging everyone to look at their results as what they simply are: just feedback. They aren’t a measure of anyone, and you are clearly an incredible example of that.
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Thanks so much for reaching out, Caroline. It’s great to hear from you. It’s terrible that you have to wait so long for your results! I’ll be sure to check in with you when that time comes. Hope the family’s well! Keep in touch!
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