26A - Celebrating Failure

• Tell us about a time this past semester that you failed -- whether in this class, or outside of this class. Don't spare any details! It'd be even better if there was something you tried several times this semester, and failed each time. 
• A common outlook that I have been able obtain throughout my life is that failure is promotes contingency alternatives to hardships. To me, failure induces psychological evolution among people. Failing at something is part of life, it should be praised not feared. With respect to the assignment I would narrow down with incidences that were experienced during my freshmen year of college. Freshmen year of college consists of an educational pivotal phase for many people. I was recruited by a Division II liberal arts college, Cornell College. There I had to manage between being a student athlete and a proclaimed career plan to go into medical school after graduating. I failed to juggle the two and forced me to give up my football scholarship to pursue my lifelong aspirations in becoming a physician.
• Tell us what you learned from it.
• The one valuable lesson I attained was that some aspirations demand a certain high degree of focus than others. I realized that sacrificing other secondary interests to focus on prioritizing one may be the only efficient strategy for my personal fulfillment. It was tough at first but understanding the circumstances settled in quick because my ambitions in becoming a physician superseded anything else.
• Reflect, in general, on what you think about failure. Failure is hard, isn't it? It's embarrassing, sure, but it also means that we have to change something about ourselves. Talk about how you handle failure (emotionally, behaviorally). Finally, talk about how this class has changed your perspective on failure -- are you more likely to take a risk now than you were just a few months ago?
• Like how I elaborated on the first answer of this post, unfortunate life events naturally spur contingency. It is not wrong to take a step back from an irregular event and assess it to find out what went wrong. In relating to biological factors, we are a development species which are resulted directly from our environmental interactions. Therefore, failing and regrouping yourself is a form evolution because survival and competition drive the individuals ability to be resilient to any shortcomings.