Back oneself to be
With no attempt there can be no failure and with no failure no humiliatiion. So our self-esteem in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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anonymous I failed to understand the underlined phrase It is odd—not really good English. The writer could not think of the proper phrase. what we back ourselves to be and do = the kind of person that we encourage ourselves to be and the things that we encourage ourselves to do.
- anonymous I failed to understand the underlined phrase It is odd—not really good English.
- The writer could not think of the proper phrase.
- what we back ourselves to be and do = the kind of person that we encourage ourselves to be and the things that we encourage ourselves to do.
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anonymousI failed to understand the underlined phrase
It is odd—not really good English. The writer could not think of the proper phrase.
what we back ourselves to be and do = the kind of person that we encourage ourselves to be and the things that we encourage ourselves to do.
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