Fire - Failures Spark Great Ideas

 

“A person who is willing to fail is someone who is willing to step outside the box.”

 


  • Failure is often seen as something we should avoid
    • everyone's afraid to make failure
    • failure is a wonderful tool 
    • Mistakes allow us to focus our attention in productive ways by finding out what went wrong
  • General human reaction
    • when they fail at something
      • beat themselves up for wasting their precious time and resources
      • bad mood, frustration
  • They overlook the fact that some of the greatest accomplishments were created only through failures. 
    • Example
      • Bill Gates and Paul Allen failed at their first business venture. 
      • Thomas Edison failed countless times before inventing the light bulb. 
  • How to use this?
    • we must fail productively rather than simply failing. 
    • don't be frozen by the fear of failure. 
    • use failures to find out where exactly the problem lies -> correct it in the next version -> then try again.
  • Embrace failure as a part of the journey to success

   

  • Next time you start a daunting task or try to solve a complex problem, adopt a mindset of embracing failure.
    • Think, “I will have to fail 10 times before succeeding.”

  • When you fail, instead of thinking that you wasted your resources, try to identify the exact mistake you made and extract a valuable insight from it.
  • Cheer yourself up when you fail.
    • Think, ”Awesome! One down, nine more to go.”

 

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