failure (psychology)

Discusses losing and how to deal with the negative emotions one may feel, as well as how to learn from it and move on.

Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out.

"At the first sign of trouble, Amelia frets she's a failure. But she soon learns that success has many definitions. "Mindset Matters" teaches children how to see problems and dilemmas as opportunities to learn and grow and reveals why failing doesn't make them failures"--Provided by publisher.

When wide receiver Ethan drops a touchdown pass and his team loses the game, he starts to doubt his own abilities, but as the next game approaches he realizes that he has to do what his father and coaches are telling him to do--stop obsessing about failure and get back to playing confident football.

Eighth-grader and starting point guard Roman is initially thrilled when big man Sebastian transfers schools and joins the team, but Sebastian's skills seem to have disappeared and the other kids are merciless in their criticism--then Roman's big sister gives him some advice: talk to Sebastian and find out what is going on, and add a pick-and-roll to the team playbook.

"Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure--a very successful batter manages a hit only three of every ten attempts--Mark Kingwell explores ways in which the game teaches us lessons on fragility, contingency, and community"--Provided by publisher.

A group of superheroes demonstrate that even they make mistakes, and when they do, they admit their mistakes and move forward.

Twelve-year-old Jake must leave his championship soccer team to play on a team with a losing record when his family moves to a neighboring town.

"[Presents stories from some] well-known people who failed before succeeding . . . [including] J. K. Rowling, Albert Einstein, Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln, Vincent Van Gogh, Julia Child, and Steven Spielberg . . . Intermixed throughout the fun profiles, Reynolds spotlights great inventors and scientists who discovered and created some of the most important medicines, devices, and concepts of all time, including lifesaving vaccines and medicines that were stumbled upon by mistake"--Provided by publisher.

Take a look at the world's weirdest, most epic fails. These stories are too strange to be made up.