off-topic Which is Worse, Failing or Never Trying?

[mara]

Life often presents us with opportunities that come with an inherent risk of failure. But here’s the real question: is it worse to fail after trying or to never try at all?




Failing can be uncomfortable. It can sting and leave you questioning your decisions. But failure is also a teacher. It shows you what doesn’t work, builds resilience, and often paves the way for growth. Many of the world’s most successful people faced repeated failures before achieving greatness.




On the other hand, never trying might feel safer. You avoid the pain of failure, but at what cost? The regret of “what could have been” can linger far longer than the disappointment of failing. Never trying limits your potential and robs you of the chance to learn, grow, and perhaps succeed.

So, what do you think? Is it better to take the risk and fail, or to play it safe and never try?

 

[Heatman]

The regret for never trying is definitely worse because you would never know if you are going to succeed or not. It's better to try and fail. You may get it right the next time if you know the reason why you failed.

 

[Shadow]

Never trying because who knows you may get successful and upon realising this thing after years, we feel bad about it

 

[Yama]

Never trying is worse. Without trying how would you know whether you will become successful or not. The chances of failure and success is always 50-50. Failing on something does not make you a failure.

 

[Harsh World]

The regret for never trying is definitely worse because you would never know if you are going to succeed or not.

Bingo.

It's okay to fail, but it's never okay not to try. If you fail, pick yourself back up, reevaluate, and try again or realize it's not something that is for you and move on to try something new.

That regret will eat at you if you never try, especially if you have close peers that did try and succeeded because you could've easily done it knowing that they did, but as time is critical, you don't get a chance at trying in some cases.

 

[NatureFreak]

People are often scared of trying because of fear of failure. But what they don't understand is that even failure is a lesson in itself. So instead of not trying at all, it is better to do it, even in the face of failure, there will be lessons learned.

 

[1stop]

I think that never trying is even more terrible than failing. You were right saying that the practice shows that failure can also be useful as it can teach us a number of things. The problem is that we afe often scared of failing, but I believe that it is important to attempt it even if the attempt does not succeed.

 

[Kross]

When you don't even try, you don't have display cowardice. You don't even stand a chance to win when you don't try. When you try something, you might get help along the line which can propel you to win. The worst thing anyone can do to himself is giving up without a try.

 

[Zani]

Not trying at all is the worse. When we fail, we learn and work on getting better. You can't say the same for someone who is not ready to even start trying in the first place. They are two different people.

 

[Fidelia1]

When we see failure for what it is, we would understand that not trying at all is tragic. Failure is just the fact that you didn't get all the strategies right. You can correct it and get the strategy right to achieve what you wanted. Not trying at all? Just means that you are stagnant. And you can't achieve anything with that.

 

[ActionAce]

It is always better to try than never trying at all. If you do not try, it means you will lose out on potential opportunities but when you try, you give yourself a chance to learn and improve even if you fail.

 

[Zani]

When we see failure for what it is, we would understand that not trying at all is tragic. Failure is just the fact that you didn't get all the strategies right. You can correct it and get the strategy right to achieve what you wanted. Not trying at all? Just means that you are stagnant. And you can't achieve anything with that.

I believe that these who tried and didn't succeed should learn from it. That is what life is all about. Pushing to become better is great instead of not making a push at all.

 

[King Belieal]

When you try and fail, you gain experience at the very least. When you don't even try at all, you gain absolutely nothing. I would rather try to get the experience and be more knowledgeable than not try and not gain anything.