Self-study
Challenge can be an important source of self-knowledge, since those who pay attention to how they react, both emotionally and physically, to challenge can gain useful insights into their own weaknesses.
Summary
Challenges can be useful because they help people learn more about themselves. They do this by teaching us about our weaknesses.
Find or Complete the Application
We need to find an answer choice that matches the principle. We’re looking for a situation where someone faces a challenge, but finds value in the experience by learning more about their weaknesses.
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a
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The pianist faced a challenge—forgetting the music during their performance—but can still find value in this experience by learning about why their memory failed. This is an example of someone learning from a challenging experience, and so it matches our principle.
b
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There is no challenge mentioned in (B), so it can’t match the principle.
c
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There is no challenge mentioned in (C), so it can’t match the principle.
d
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Competition could be considered a challenge, but there is no example of someone learning from their experiences. The learning aspect is a core part of the principle, so (D) doesn’t match.
e
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A challenge is mentioned—public speaking—but nobody learns from it. (B) just says to face your fears because people will admire you, with no discussion of what can be learned from the experience.