When it came to my economics class, I crashed and burned, and then, I did it again. Economics wasn't fun. Either was failing. But when we think about failure as productive, as a way to learn and grow, we tend to gather the information we need to create better outcomes next time around. Research shows it's the progress of figuring out what we missed that helps us do better in the long run. Those kinds of productive failures also build resilience. That's what we discuss in this week's ep. 

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