How do you deal with life and failure?

 How do you deal with life and failure?

Why is it so hard for us to admit our mistakes and what happens when we really own them?

Failure?

Why is it so hard for us to admit our mistakes and what happens when we really own them?

Krystle Carisi talks about her journey, her fashion brand, and the lessons she learned along the way. (Source: TEDxTalks/YouTube)

"Everyone in this room has failed at some point or the other," Christel Carisi began her talk. She then talks about failure as a concept. "In the United States, failure is something that is talked about. Yet, talking about failure is the place of success and power."

“My parents are well-known singers in Italy, and since I was a little girl, I have been subjected to public judgment and the mass media. And so growing up and maintaining looks is not easy,” she says .

"When I was 24, I founded my first company. My fashion swimwear brand. I really gave it my all. Until one day, I found my accountant telling me we had to shut it down, There's no way to continue profitably," Carisi says.

She further says that because of what people would think, she was very afraid to shut down. But it was her accountant who told her to give herself credit for what she had achieved, and how far she had come.

My first fashion show was in my dad's backyard. And when the guests came, it had rained everywhere. Everything was getting wet and no one wanted to sit and watch the show. Even when they sat down, the models were completely unprofessional, because I couldn't afford professional models,” she says.

“Though in those 7 years, I managed to grow my brand into internationally recognized brands. I received thousands of emails from happy customers. In the end, we think failure should be motivating. I am so into this. So determined was how I had to close my company that I completely erased everything I learned and achieved in those 7 years.”

“My life seems incredible on Instagram and I promise it is far from it. I just choose not to show my shortcomings on social media,” she adds.

Carey concluded by saying, "Life is 10 percent of what happens to us, and 90 percent of how we react to it."