Word: failed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Comrades!" Lenin wrote. "The uprising of the five kulak districts should be mercilessly suppressed....Hurry (hurry without fail, so the people see) no fewer than one hundred known kulaks...
...them because there's a less rational part of me that finds them utterly useless platitudes. There is a part of me--and I believe a part of all of us--that is essentially inconsolable when we try as hard as we can and still fail to achieve our goals...
...damned driven? This is a fundamental question that so many Harvard students fail to adequately address, even as they tackle the most difficult intellectual and social issues of our times. It's easy to assume the answer lies entirely with the merits of success. It's wonderful to achieve, to be recognized and to earn the respect of our peers and our mentors. Additionally, there are those of us whose goals, chosen entirely for reasons of self-satisfaction, are spectacular enough that they can't help but garner recognition when achieved...
...when we attempt to use these skills to gain new ground and fail, we are worse off than we were, because our faith in ourselves is shaken. We fear mediocrity not because it is inherently a bad thing, but rather because if we ever come to believe ourselves mediocre, then by definition we will have lost whatever we once believed made us great...
...that we can only find true joy in the simple, unambitious life. To do so would be trite and false. There are those among us who genuinely thrive on success, are only truly happy when reaching a new goal, and can take it in stride when they fail...