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Anonymous A
on Oct 01, 2019
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What was your biggest defeat so far?
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Ian
on Feb 17, 2020
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The key here is to turn your defeat into a victory at the end. So, reach the climax of the story where you face defeat, but then finish by talking about how you tried again, persevered, took a new approach, etc. and eventually achieved a big victory. Alternatively, finish by saying what you've learned, how much stronger it has made you in x category, or how you always use this as a reminder to do x.
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Anonymous C
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realising that my ambitions are sometimes above my abilities and that I need to stick to grinding the work out to get there

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