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What is the worst that might happen? Is it the fear of failure or to hope that you might eventually fail, and to dread failing to fail.

October 1, 2025

What is the worst that might happen? Is it the fear of failure or to hope that you might eventually fail, and to dread failing to fail. An infographic from Verywell Mind website detailing the signs and symptoms of a ‘fear of failure’: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-fear-of-failure-5176202 The title I give this blog may sound like nonsense? No … More What is the worst that might happen? Is it the fear of failure or to hope that you might eventually fail, and to dread failing to fail.

‘I know both what I want and what might gain, / And yet how profitless to know’. A blog on the importance of your ‘reach’ exceeding your ‘grasp’.

October 12, 2023

Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for? All is silver-grey, Placid and perfect with my art: the worse! I know both what I want and what might gain, And yet how profitless to know, to sigh “Had I been two, another and myself, “Our head would have o’erlooked … More ‘I know both what I want and what might gain, / And yet how profitless to know’. A blog on the importance of your ‘reach’ exceeding your ‘grasp’.