The Fastest Route to Failure

How getting knocked out taught me a valuable life lesson.

David McIlroy
Practice in Public
Published in
2 min readFeb 17, 2024

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I was once knocked out playing hockey.

CLUNK. Rock-hard ball to the skull.

It happened in High School, and it pretty much cemented my aversion to team sports.

(I was only playing that day because Dad still held out hope I’d follow in his…

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