DISCOVER DG_FAIL

Our world has become a very competitive place. People often suffer from external judgment and unhelpfully high expectations. Our belief is that failure can happen to anyone, anywhere: to our bosses, to our friends, and to ourselves! 

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DG_FAIL aims to reach more than 1000 trainees working at the European Institutions, under very competitive programs, and the pressure to be successful and always doing the right thing is felt every step of the way.

However one wonders, is this the only way to live our careers? Terrified of failing and feeling under constant pressure to succeed? Isn’t the process of failure that of education? We believe in reframing our culture of failure. We believe that acknowledging and accepting failure is a necessary step in one’s journey to becoming the person they need to be. A person who is less stressed, more balanced, and open to an entire sphere of creativity. We want to create an environment where failure is welcomed and build safe spaces where we can embrace our vulnerabilities and confront our fear of failure.

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In end February 2021, we will give voice to high profile individuals to share their failures. Speakers will take the floor -the screen in this case- to share a failure they experienced, teach us how they overcame it, what they learned from it and how in the end it helped them to grow personally or professionally.

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It’s very easy for our generation to feel very pressured into doing a perfect run in life. Having some successful people sharing stories of how they have failed in their career –or personal- path is a much needed relief.