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Word of the Day: Flop
Last Sunday, I wrote about the key to success.
Having a flop is also having a small victory.
On Sunday, I said the key to success is using one success as a stepping stone to the next.
When something is a flop, it’s an absolute total failure.
That may sound like a disaster – and it is – but it’s also an opportunity.
Failure is an opportunity to learn what doesn’t work.
Knowing what doesn’t work is just as important as knowing what does.
Over my TESL/FL (Teaching English as a Second Language or Foreign Language) career, I can’t tell you how many times students have come to me disappointed after taking a test.
They are often downhearted because they feel their attempt was a flop after they didn’t receive the desired mark or score.
After a short period, they often resolve to study harder and write the test again and again and again until they achieve their goal.
That is commendable.
It indicates diligence and determination.
It shows they can work their fingers to the bone to achieve a goal.
The problem is, though, that they haven’t learned from their flop.
They haven’t determined what doesn’t work for them.
After recovering from their disappointment, they return to studying English in the same way they had before.
Remember that their previous study methods were the same ones that resulted in what they believed was a flop.
They need to change their study habits a bit.
It’s well known that a person who continues to do the same thing repeatedly, each time expecting a different result, is destined to fail.
Successful people learn from each flop they have.
One key to success may be realizing when something isn’t working and using a different tactic.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 72.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.