Self-compassion about failure leads to longer and harder studying, which correlates with better performance on subsequent exams.

“research has come out of uc berkeley which shows a lot of research shows that self-compassion is not only more effective than self-criticism which kind of occurs naturally but also is more effective than self-esteem as a motivator”

“people who were told to be self-compassionate about the failure studied longer and harder than the other two groups and how long people study was related to how well they did on the next exam”