If you try to fail and succeed , which have you done?

Question

If you try to fail and succeed , which have you done?

Answer 1

You have succeeded in putting yourself farther back.

Answer 2

You both succeeded and failed, and they cancel each other out, so what you really did is, nothing.

Answer 3

every success is a failure and evey failure is a success. If you succeed a lot then you usually fail a lot to. If you haven't failed yet and only succeed then a huge failure is coming. Its the learning system of the universe. Its all about balance...and growth.

Answer 4

Nice attempt at a paradox, but I don't think you've quite gotten there.  Similar as this is to the Epimenides Paradox (ex. "this statement is false"), yours is a couple of words short.  Here, I'll fix it for you...

You have left off the notion of What it is at which you are trying to fail.  If you try to fail to add 2 and 2 together...you will have succeeded if your answer is 5.  So you will have successfully failed to correctly add 2 and 2 together.  This is not paradoxical.  It is quite ok to have a notion of successful failure.  

The trick is, you have to add just the right notion of WHAT it is at which you are trying to fail.  The most obvious thing to say would be: "If you try to fail to fail and succeed, what have you done?"  

But then I would have to ask you, "What does it mean to try to fail to fail?"  In fact, what does it mean to try to fail at anything, is that logically possible?  Is it psychologically possible?  

Paradox Rox.

Answer 5

both. you've succeeded in failing, but by doing so also required you to fail.

Answer 6

That depends.  Do you mean I succeeded, or that I succeeded at failing?  Huge difference.

If you are trying to fail and succeed, then you fail, since it wasnt what you were trying to do.

If you are trying to fail and succeed at failing, then you succeed, since it was what you were trying to do.

Goosey

Answer 7

everytime you succeed at something, you fail at something as well. every time you fail, you succeed at something. It's very complicated. if you try really hard then i think that you don't accomplish failing or succeeding in what you wanted to but in something else entirely.

Answer 8

you have both succeeded to fail and failed to succeed.

Answer 9

I supposed you have done both, yes?

Answer 10

Oh my godI've aswered this before and alreayd receivec a best answer for it, I don't kno why I answering it again.

f you try to fail and succed then you have failed.

In the eyes of others it seems that you have succeded for the normal rcetion of those watching would be "He must hae wanted to succeed" thereforeyou succeeded at succeeding, but in this case what the observer didn't know is tht ou wanted to fail and therefore you failed, however it is e common belief that since you succeeded, you failed.

So in an observers eyes you succeeded because they don'know you actuallyfailed, to your eyes you failed, ignoring what the common thought that you succeded you know deep inside that you meant to fail at what others though to be sueeding.

Thi is not the same answerI gave before but it's the same idea, have fun.

Answer 11

you have succeeded in failing...

Answer 12

I never try to get fail but all the time my chances of fail always there.................and I got successed..............my family-friends did not have confidence in me as well pass...............but all the time I got pass...........and they were more happy than me........but I never appeared for fail if I get fail that is my bad luck.................do enjoy....................your success...........