What if everything you've been taught about failure was designed to keep you small?

In the debut episode of Forever Pondering, Jasmine Elahee deconstructs one of the most loaded words in the human experience. Drawing from a live keynote delivered at The Consortium Convenes in Calgary, this conversation goes deep into how society defines success and failure, what it actually costs us, and why the pressure to perform is more calculated than we think.

This episode touches on mental health, systemic pressures, and includes references to suicide rates as a lens into how deeply failure has been weaponized against us. Please take care of yourself while listening.

From ancient Spartan civilization to Carl Jung, Buddhist philosophy to her own life, Jasmine weaves together history, psychology, and lived experience to challenge everything you thought you knew about falling short. And she leaves you with a new framework for moving through it entirely.

"Failure is not a destination. It is a trampoline or a platform to help you move upwards."

Watch the original keynote on the Forever Pondering YouTube channel and see where this conversation started.

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Watch the keynote: https://youtu.be/ybUz8iW587s

The Consortium Convenes: https://www.consortiumconvenes.com/

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