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Alfred Adler

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler is saying that success or failure doesn’t directly come from what we go through, but from how we interpret and use those experiences. Instead of being harmed by difficult events themselves, we shape their meaning to fit what we want or need.

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