{"id":386,"date":"2020-07-12T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T15:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivian.ro\/arte\/?p=386"},"modified":"2020-07-12T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T15:41:39","slug":"fail-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olivian.ro\/arte\/fail-on-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: „Flai”, or „FLaif”, or „Fail. On purpose!” – by Olivian Breda"},"content":{"rendered":"

While in school,<\/p>\n

I used to take tests which didn’t matter, at times.<\/p>\n

A grade which won’t matter,<\/p>\n

A test which I won’t care about.<\/p>\n

And my strategy for these tests<\/p>\n

Was the following – learn for the test,<\/p>\n

Prepare, don’t ignore it.<\/p>\n

But, if during the test you’re almost convinced the answer is A and 25% it’s B,<\/p>\n

Write B on the test.<\/p>\n

Fail, on purpose.<\/p>\n

You see, some teachers used to use this against their students:<\/p>\n

„Oh, student X is so silly!<\/p>\n

He thinks the answer is B!<\/p>\n

Look how silly X is!<\/p>\n

Class, why don’t you join me in laughing about X!<\/p>\n

Ha! Ha! Ha!”<\/p>\n

The thing is, this kind of gesture would stop most students<\/p>\n

In trying to fail on purpose,<\/p>\n

In exploring,<\/p>\n

In testing.<\/p>\n

Most students would say:<\/p>\n

„Look what happened to X<\/p>\n

When he made a mistake!<\/p>\n

I’d better not make silly mistakes on tests!”.<\/p>\n

Me, on another hand, for silly tests<\/p>\n

I’d do silly mistakes.<\/p>\n

But on really important tests,<\/p>\n

For things that mattered,<\/p>\n

For things of high importance,<\/p>\n

Then I’d give 110%,<\/p>\n

I’d be focused, and go all in.<\/p>\n

I have annoying memories,<\/p>\n

Of people making fun of my errors,<\/p>\n

Of expecting a level of 100% all the time.<\/p>\n

The thing is if you only\u00a0 aim for 100%,<\/p>\n

You’re most of the time at 90%.<\/p>\n

Why not go for 70-80% all the time,<\/p>\n

On purpose!,<\/p>\n

And aim for 110% when it really matters.<\/p>\n

Go to the limits!<\/p>\n

When I write on my blog,<\/p>\n

I generally write junk articles.<\/p>\n

I try my best to come up with good articles,<\/p>\n

But if I have a half-smart, half-stupid<\/p>\n

(perhaps even more than half stupid)<\/p>\n

Idea, I’ll go ahead and publish it.<\/p>\n

By writing, I’ll become better.<\/p>\n

Sure, I have a „Top Posts” category on my blog,<\/p>\n

I have a list of recommended blog posts,<\/p>\n

But this doesn’t stop me in publishing junk.<\/p>\n

Failure is good.<\/p>\n

Go ahead, fail, you’ll certainly learn from it,<\/p>\n

And there’s no magic try.<\/p>\n

Try it until you make it.<\/p>\n

Then, after a lot of fails, you’ll publish some more things<\/p>\n

To be recommended to others.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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