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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2025 · 4 MIN

Midweek Reset: On failure

from Life Examined · host Jonathan Bastian

This week, polar scientist, explorer and author of “Life Lessons From Explorers: Learn how to weather life’s storms from history’s greatest explorers” Felicity Aston reflects on her experience of leading a failed North Pole expedition and the time it’s taken her to face and process that failure. Aston uses the example of the historical Scottish explorer David Livingston to show how much can be gained from time and perspective and to illustrate the challenge of balancing success and failure in exploration and in life. Get full access to Life Examined at lifeexamined.substack.com/subscribe

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