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How To Handle Failure (a short story)

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photo credit : unsplash There was once a highly intelligent boy named Osmond - who always scored 100% in Science. He got selected for a scholarship for uni. Afterwards, he went to the University of California for Masters, got a high paying job, and settled there. He then proceeded to marry a beautiful lady, got a 5 bedroom big house, and luxury cars, and started a family. He had everything that makes one “successful”, but a few years later, he committed suic*de after sho*ting his wife and children. So, WHAT WENT WRONG? California Institute of Clinical Psychology Studied his case, and found out what went wrong. They met Osmond's friends and family, and found out that he lost his job due to the country's economic crisis, and he had to be without a job for a long time. He didn’t have any business idea either. At some point, their house installment broke, and him and his family lost their home. They survived a few months with little money, and then he decided with his wife to commi