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complexity1's Articles In Philosophy
November 11, 2004 by complexity1
THE IMORTANCE OF BEING A FAILURE

We human beings need to feel good about ourselves. We need to feel safe, we need to feel important, we need to feel loved, and we need to feel in control of our lives and the situations we find ourselves in. Not feeling good about ourselves causes anxiety, which we generally try to avoid.

Often these bad feelings drives us to find solutions that are more about reducing the level of our anxiety than they are about finding the best solution to our problems. ...