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1 Running Head: DO YOU LEARN MORE FROM SUCCESS OR FAILURE CRITIQUE ESSAY

Critique Essay Erica Mae Daquioag 300949902 Centennial College

2 Running Head: DO YOU LEARN MORE FROM SUCCESS OR FAILURE CRITIQUE ESSAY

Learning from failure and avoiding failing are two completely different perspectives of enduring obstacles in the world of business. In the article “Do you learn more from failure or success?” by Pierson Krass (2018), there are many great points written, but it is supposedly an argumentative piece; yet the author himself does not answer the question at hand. Part of this light literature are tips that one may find relatable, from understanding how to proceed from failure, to trying to avoid failure completely. Krass’ article is flawed because it has many contradicting points, with more of an informative tone than argumentative, and little credible sources. The author has curated an article about the topic of learning more from success or failure. Failing forward or as many life coaches may say, falling forward, emphasizes that failing is simply a step to put you towards success. Krass then goes on to speak about how lightly many people take failure as it is almost a rite of passage towards success.. Media and pop culture seem to accept failure and inquires that it may be a prerequisite for success. Some of his sources describe how failure is much better to learn from success because most of success is linked to luck. Success mostly being on luck gives minimal chances for you to understand why you succeed whereas, you may understand why you have failed and learn from those mistakes to become successful in future endeavors. There is also big emphasis on planning ahead to avoid failure as his sources describe how painful it is to fail. Building an emotional library is required to withstand the aftermath of failure without letting emotions create obstacles in moving forward. Krass’ sources in the end claim that it is much better to fail earlier in a project rather than having a catastrophic failure that brings more damage than a small minor failure. This emotional library claims to help you learn from minor or catastrophic failures to be successful in future projects. It is prominent that failure hurts, and it is how you move on from failure that is significant. Instead of setting yourself up for failure to learn, you set yourself up for success and learn from mistakes that bring you to fail. Krass has many contradicting points that make it hard for the reader to understand which side he is trying to support . Videos like Success Secret’s “Failing Forward” (2018) explain their points more clearly without going back and forth on the topic of learning more from success or failure. Throughout the article Krass states how failure is required to be successful, but towards the end one his sources states how badly failure affects your emotions, motivation and self-

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esteem. The author’s end point also exhibits that it is best to plan ahead to avoid failure. Krass begins this piece by describing how failing is the right way to go onto the road of success. Krass states “There’s this almost sadomasochistic notion that it’s OK to fail, not only OK but a right of passage” (2018) and also uses an ancient Chinese proverb “failure is the mother of success”(Krass, 2018). Along with the misspelling of the word rite, these points are contradicting to his ending thought. This explains to the reader how failure can be exaggerated in terms of how people view it. Whereas, his end point signifies how excruciating failure really is and how much emotional baggage failures bring upon us. When contrasting his view on failure in the beginning of the article versus the end of the article, the reader may not be able to understand his main perspective on the topic. Krass also has more of an informative tone in this piece than argumentative. As an argumentative piece, Krass should have specifically chosen a side to the topic of learning from failure or success in a thesis. Forbes has a similar article in relation to the topic of failure. An informative, yet argumentative piece called “Why Failure leads to success” by Carol Castrillion (2019) ; has clear statements on why the author believes failure brings you towards success. Krass’ article displays argumentative points on both sides of the question at hand which indicates it would be better as an informative article. In the article, Krass states how success is “Often it is pure luck” (2018) from his source, yet another one of his sources stress the readers to “set yourself up for little successes” (Krass, 2018). These two statements alone are oppose each other because, how can one set themselves up for little success when success may often be based on luck? To make this argument more persuasive, Krass should have picked one quote and curated supporting points to make it evident what point this article is trying to convey. Having an intriguing argumentative title, but incorporating more of an informative tone may confuse the reader about what the author is really trying to convey.

The article’s credibility is questionable. His points are not structured for the reader to grasp the main points of the article. Some areas of improvement the author can make is backing up his qualitative research with other quantitative studies or statistics. Krass’ subheadings include the following “importance of luck” , “building your emotions library”, “superhero efforts may not improve success rates” (2018) which divide his points in the article. Throughout this

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article, he mainly interviews two sources to understand their perspective. Although his sources are said to be entrepreneurs with experience, he could have used other sources to fact check what they have said. Using other sources like “Much of success is based on luck” by the Express on Sunday (2016) can verify the quote “When you succeed you often don’t know why. Often it is pure luck.” (Krass, 2018). The downside of using a qualitative research method with two subjective sources, is that you must support the subjective quotes from the participants with other related references or sources to ensure full credibility. Although this article has many great points that can help readers decide whether success or failure, no one should take failure lightly. It may be inevitable, yet it is very painful to endure especially when hard work has been at play throughout the whole process. Maybe the question of learning more from success or failure was left unanswered for the reader to decide for themselves. Consequently, this article would fall in the informative category rather than an argumentative due to the contradictive points. Although the author has made many relatable points, an argumentative piece should have a subjective biased opinion that one may be able to rebuttal, yet this piece has ideas for both sides to the argument. The author also could have included more sources to increase credibility and support his arguments sufficiently. This piece is a very strong informative piece, but a frail persuasive article.

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References Castrillon, C. (2020, July 03). Why Failure Leads To Career Success. Retrieved October 29th, 2020, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2019/11/20/why-failure-leads-tocareer-success/?sh=1a6c25427578

Krass, P. (2018, August 23). Do You Learn More From Failure Or Success? Retrieved November 14, 2020, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/petekrasspiersonkrass/2018/08/23/do-you-learn-more-fromfailure-or-success/?sh=6fe7231f57de Maxwell, J. Success Secrets Tv.(2018, October, 5th) Failing Forward | 5 Key Points | Animated Audiobook. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=88ERC7g9xtY&ab_channel=SuccessSecretsTV ‘Much of success is based on luck’. (2016, Sep 25). The Express on Sunday Retrieved from http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/login.aspx?inst=centennial&url=https://www-proquestcom.ezcentennial.ocls.ca/docview/1822756149?accountid=39331...