<p>“Can we learn from defeat than from victory?”</p>
<p>Defeat and the fuss about its notoriety often blurs out its benefits. What we sometimes disregard is that defeat actually teaches us lessons and is indirectly victory, because the lessons taught will eventually benefit us in the upcoming trials or encumbrances. Failure is looked at as shameful, but it is, however, our way to success. A few examples illustrating the importance of failure, or defeat, would be Kayla White from the book “High Expectations” by Sharon Michaels and John Willard Marriott. </p>
<p>In the book High Expectations, the main character Kayla White is brought down by disappointments, she continuously gets disappointed by mishaps and obstacles in her life. However, that does not bring her down, or kill her hope until she loses to her enemy in the school championship. In a certain part of the book, the author, Sharon Michaels portrays Kayla’s character as hopeless, and often fails to see the bright side of her loss in dance competitions, and how her defeat reflects an unwanted light off her, furthermore, she quit dancing for a certain period of time and was completely out of hope. Her mom, Julia, sat next to her on bed one night and told her those specific words “what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger” and since that night, Kayla truly believed in those words and carried them around all the time, she took the best out of her mistakes and defeat and refused to let her defeat take the best of her. By the end of the book, Kayla made it to the championship, she didn’t manage to win, but she managed to gain back her self-confidence and positivity. It was defeat that pushed her to that state championship, and it is defeat that will forever push us humans to work harder.</p>
<p>An example that stands on a similar scale to the one mentioned above would be John Willard Marriott, the creator of the JW Marriott Hotels, one of the best hotels in the world. Willard started off by selling Lemonade in Washington DC, he was just a normal, simple man, but he had one thing that made him stand out. His love of people and his love of helping people. When Willard sold Lemonade to tourists, he would always hear their side talks and complains about hotels, and he had a dream of making his own hotel one day and making it a paragon, however, after years of saving money, he only managed to make his own Restaurant(due to the fact that the cost of making his own Hotel significantly increased). He felt like he wasted all those years saving money for something he barely wanted, but he was worried of not using his money and then later on realizing that the costs are just getting higher and higher. He felt defeated and agonized, nevertheless, he worked hard on ameliorating his restaurant and he always gave equal salaries, even to janitors. This equality made people love him, and it made him very famous. The fame helped improve his restaurant and in the end, he managed to make his own hotel. If it wasn’t for the defeat and disappointment of not having enough money for his dream to come true, he wouldn’t have gained the fame he had to make his hotel. His love of people wouldn’t have been prevalent and his love of equality would’ve been hidden in the comfort of his heart. The fact he had to go through the step of making a small restaurant, and improving it step by step, unraveled a whole lot about him and his personality, who almost everyone he knew fell in love with.</p>
<p>Thus we conclude that despite the mishaps and the defeats that one might go through, they only help rather than encumber the road to success."</p>
<p>Should the conclusion be more than 2 lines? (I didn’t know what to add, not to mention I had absolutely no space left) </p>