Are challenges needed for growth and success

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I don't think one necessarily needs challenges to succeed, I think one can achieve success without it. Challenges aren't a prerequisite for success.
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Zupanatural wrote:If you choose to look at it in such a way then everything is a challenge. Getting up in the morning, eating the right food, speaking to people, taking on a new project... whatever. You either do it or you don't. The really crucial thing is to embrace your failures & learn from them.

Honestly getting out of bed can be a pain , even more so when you just not ready for the day to start. But it takes extreme amounts of pressure to make the most rear of gems, without challenges life would be mundane, dull and boring . It takes a great challenge to know what we are made of , if you are the type of person who will sink or swim when thrown into deep water.
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Yes, challenges are definitely needed. A long time ago, I only thought about drawing and writing stories as mere hobbies. However, when I recently decided to take them to the next level, to do something related yet out of the box, I find that I have improved in more ways than one. I definitely don't regret challenging myself because it made me successful in different fields up to now.
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Debbyemi wrote:In Bluewater Walkabout, the author experienced challenges which she overcame. There is also a popular adage that says "challenges are stepping stones to success". How true is this, and how often do we need challenges to succeed. Is it also possible to succeed without challenges. Share your views about that.
Well, challenges make us strong and mature. With each challenge we overcome, we learn what we exactly want, which is a great motivation towards growth and success.
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Swara Sangeet wrote:Definitely! Like they say, "Under pressure, efficiency goes up."
I agree when we are pressured we either improve or break
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Amagine wrote:I absolutely do agree that challenges are needed for growth. If you're not being challenged, you'll never learn and grow.
I agree with this, but I don't think that challenges are needed for success. There are those who (seemingly) have everything handed to them; but also, it really depends on how you are defining "success".
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I feel that we need to be challenged in order to grow. We learn from our mistakes
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I personally feel that you really can't go in life without one challenge or another. As others have stated before on this topic, life doesn't exist without challenge of some sort and you can't grow without them. Those that don't really have challenges tend to go through life feeling entitled and just going through the motions.
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yes, I agree challenges are needed for growth. It is because through that we become stronger, firm and strengthen.
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I agree to it hundred and one percent because if you manage to succeed without setbacks and trials you cannot cherish your success as a whole and that feeling of fullfilment and uniquness cannot be felt compared to those who taste the fruit after fortitude.
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Of course challenges are needed for growth. Challenges kill our weak sides.
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In life you have always to pass through obstacles and challenges in order to grow and become strong for other challenges still to come.Life is about a lot of challenges and anyone has to overcome and develop its own experience of facts.
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Challenges have to be there so that you can learn from mistakes, so that you can be stronger and so that you know your worth because you know the hardwork you've put in and challenges you've overcome to achieve success.
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I agree that we need challenges in our lives to learn and grow from them! Sometimes they can be very difficult and be discouraging, but that's the moment where you make the choice to benefit from that experience and grow from it.
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Yes , because they keep life dynamic and let people work for their desires and to achieve their precious goals of life and that is real thing
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