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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Sep 11

    Hey guess what, something I tried today FAILED epic fail, massive fail, super fail. total fail. and it's fine. everything is fine. I'll try again in a year. So just in case something didn't go YOUR way this week... #Fail #solidarity my friend. Fail solidarity!!!pic.twitter.com/Qo4UZzj94E

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      2. Tom Hall‏ @tmhall99 Sep 11
        Replying to @avantgame

        I was wondering who that newcomer was in the finale of American Ninja Warrior.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Sep 11
        Replying to @tmhall99

        ha!!!

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      2. Josh Mirman‏ @joshmirm Sep 11
        Replying to @avantgame

        If I fail this week, it can cost us like $200k so it’s kinda messing with my head.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Sep 11
        Replying to @joshmirm

        I'm sending you luck and focus!!

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      1. Alice Hoyle‏ @AliceHoylePSHE Sep 11
        Replying to @avantgame @graysing

        Fail stands for finding an important lesson according to my 8yo

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      1. theburntoutnurse‏ @theburntoutRN Sep 12
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        I’m in the process of applying to a ton of grad schools. And I’m pretty confident I won’t get into a few of them. Definitely my first choice. But that’s ok, and if I don’t get into any. I’ll try again next year. Resilience baby, resilience. Oh, and grit and perseverance. And more

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      1. billdelgrosso‏ @BillDelGrosso Sep 11
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        Your approach to this is something I use in my classes and presentations.

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      1. Kirk Bowerman‏ @KirkBowerman Sep 13
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        I feel you on the failure thing. I Have believed the Earth is less than 10,000 years old for 48 years. I can admit I was wrong though. I just would like the other 38% of the population to admit it too.

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      1. fischer‏ @scireprojects Sep 13
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        “To win you must risk losing.”-Francesco Moser (from my old bike racing days & sign on wall of my old classroom)

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      1. daphne mir‏ @daphne_mir Sep 12
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        Stronger for having tried!pic.twitter.com/mpCmrTrTJE

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      1. Charlie Payne‏ @coachxcpayne Sep 12
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        Pedagogically, we use failure as a part of learning. And I've certainly learned a tremendous amount from my own failures. Another teacher friend has Samuel Beckett's saying posted, "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” @kellyoshea

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      1. PK Versus The World‏ @pkvstheworld Sep 11
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        pic.twitter.com/7HwYZ5CYUj

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      1. Syd Haron‏ @HaronSyd Sep 11
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        Legend has it that Thomas Edison failed 999 times before inventing the light bulb on his 1000 th attempt. He said : I didn't fail 999 times, I found out 999 ways how it cannot be made. Good luck. Don't forget me the day you are successful lol.

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      1. Calvin Johns @ AcadeCon+AetherCon‏ @anthroposgames Sep 11
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        Hope you made failure fun

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      1. Topher Ziobro‏ @imtopher Sep 11
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        Always a great reminder. pulling for ya when you try it again.

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      1. DoideraVerde‏ @doideraverde Sep 11
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        you inspire me!

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      1. Neon Hammer‏ @Neon_Hammer Sep 11
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        I fail lots, but then sometimes I don’t and it’s great.

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      1. Aubrie‏ @daughterphoenix Sep 11
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        Can we make this a thread where we share our #1 most epic fails of the week so far?

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      1. chrislance33‏ @chrislance33 Sep 12
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        I’ve had one Fortnite win, a no kill win, in 100 tries, so 99 fails

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      1. Jocelyn Brewer  🌈‏ @JocelynBrewer Sep 12
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        @gretaleejackson has a podcast all about failing! #failhard #failfast

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