
How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong

triple, quadruple threat. I couldn’t hope to compete. Besides, I was intimidated and
Elizabeth Day • How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong
But at its worst, people-pleasing is actually a deeply selfish attribute. It means you aren’t honest about who you are. At its worst, it means you’ve never worked that out; you’ve just lived your life around the contours of other people, squeezing yourself into the remaining space.