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Failing at Failure
March 23, 2011
Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.
-Iyanla Vanzant, speaker, lawyer, life coach
-Iyanla Vanzant, speaker, lawyer, life coach
First, from the editor, Adi Ignatius:
"One mantra of modern business is that nothing is a better teacher than failure. For some entrepreneurs, it is virtually a badge of honor to have stumbled, even spectacularly, on the way to success. Most of us, however, find it hard to draw useful lessons from our missteps. We tend to fail at failure."
Second, from Rita Gunther McGrath:
"Build a culture that celebrates intelligent failure. People often fear that their career prospects will be in trouble if something goes wrong on their watch. (And, of course, they are often right!) Senior managers need to create a climate that encourages intelligent risk taking and doesn't punish any failures that result.
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Displaying All 2 Commentsthe grand child care center
chicago, IL, United States
Failure is NOT a failure if you fall and get up! Then it becomes a stepping stone which leads you to a success story. Parents [and teachers] need to encourage children to try, and explain and appreciate their effort.
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Oklahoma City, OK, United States
One of the things I fault my parents for (and something I've tried to do differently with my own children) is not helping me understand that failure is part of learning. Rarely do we succeed at a new task the first time we attempt it. Rather it is like when I was teaching one of my daughters to drive a stick shift, full of jumps and stalls, but now she drives like a pro. My parents didn't help me understand that part of the learning curve, leaving me feeling that I was a failure when I failed to perform a new skill right the first time I attempted it.
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