1 Happy St

I never understood why people use the phrase “not afraid to fail” as a term of endearment. Why is being unafraid of failure a good thing? The real measure of someone’s character should be to their reaction to failure afterwards, not their indifference to it beforehand.

I bring this up because of last night's broadcast of the Yankee/Mets game. The announcers were talking about the difference between A-Rod and Derek Jeter. Derek, of course, was more valuable (at least I think that's what the argument was) because he is unafraid of failure, whereas A-Rod is the exact opposite.

I would comment on how ridiculous this is, but I don't have the strength right now.