What does Andy Frisella mean when he criticises moral victories?

Andy Frisella says a moral victory is when someone loses or breaks their program but points to one thing they did well and counts it as a win. If you justify losing that way, he says, moral victories are all you will ever have. He accepts learning from a loss, but not celebrating one good detail as though the result were a win.

• Andy Frisella tied moral victories to the habit of easing in and setting small, reasonable goals.

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