I think failure is nothing more than life’s way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.

Blakely reframes “failure” from a public verdict into private feedback. Rather than treating an unsuccessful result as proof of inadequacy, she casts it as information—evidence that one’s current direction may be misaligned and needs adjustment. The sharper claim is that the real failure is not the outcome but the refusal to attempt: if you do not try, you evade growth and self-knowledge. This stance is “liberating” because it loosens the grip of external judgment (status, reputation, others’ perceptions) and relocates accountability inward. The quote thus advocates a self-referential ethic of courage and experimentation, where progress is measured by engagement and learning rather than by immediate success.