2. What is worse, failing or never trying?
This questions sucks and has an obvious answer. But despite the obviousness of the answer, it raises the point of why do people not try?
When reading this question, I sort of responded as I would to an interview question, which is: what is the answer that they want to hear? It seems as though there is only one 'correct' option, which is saying that never trying is worse. But people still do it. Failing is hard, it's true, but it has to be seen as an inevitable part of life. I think I struggle with this too, I mean, there are lots of things I'm no good at. but because I'm good at things, I tend to avoid the other things I can't do... which is equivalent to never trying. Arguably I've failed at them in the past and therefore have done my trying, and am in the region of 'failing' in the venn diagram of this question, but I don't think knowing my limits makes me a worse person.
I'm sure I always try my hardest. Whoever wrote this question definitely meant it to convince people, or make them convince themselves, that they should not be afraid of failure because even thogh it has more immediate, direct consequences, the consequences of never trying are worse.
