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Failure: The Blog  

February 2012

  • The Power of Failing

January 2012

  • Offensive Advertising, Increased Sales?
  • I Sold Out For Millions, Then Worked At McDonald's
  • Steve Jobs on Failure
  • The Famous Western Failure
  • Thank Goodness for Drug Addicts

December 2011

  • It's a Wonderful Failure
  • Stadium Destroyed, Reborn
  • Failure to Trust the Astronauts
  • Failure and the Baggy Pants Tradition
  • Failure at The Happiest Place on Earth
  • Saving What Was Lost
  • FailureBank: A Social Learning Utility

November 2011

  • A Thanksgiving Failure
  • Harriet Tubman's Clever Lie
  • The Failures of Lemieux
  • Failed to Return a Text
  • Admitting Failure
  • A Leaders Job: Support Failure

October 2011

  • [VIDEO] Mistakes with Tasty Dum Dums
  • Failure and the Chocolate Chip Cookie
  • Failure Goes Digital
  • Using AIDS to Fight Cancer
  • Victory Despite Obstacles

September 2011

  • Failure Gets More Popular
  • Headphones are a Stupid Idea
  • When Asthma is Useful
  • Lying To Improve a Marriage?

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Archive for June, 2010

Video Interview

June 29th, 2010
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Eric Marasco, host of the Espresso to Go show, interviewed Robby on his online video blog program.

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The Really Bad Spill

June 28th, 2010
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No, it’s not more conversation about the situation in the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, this is about a chemical spill in 1944–that was confined to some tennis shoes.

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The Failure in Sales

June 24th, 2010
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If you’re in any form of sales—even the process of selling yourself as a viable candidate to a potential employer—you know the sting of failure. Perhaps the most common frustration is the phone call that is never returned.

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Blowing Out The Dust

June 22nd, 2010
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There’s an old adage from the world of tech support. Telling the truth, it seems, maybe the worst thing you can do to the customer.

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Max Siegel on Failure

June 20th, 2010
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Failure has its first big name review! Check out the comments.

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Failure to Disclose

June 18th, 2010
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If you want to confuse someone’s ethical compass, ask them about lies of omission. Is it wrong to not disclose everything?

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Problems with Success

June 15th, 2010
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There are downsides to victory. One writer notes that if you don’t fail once in a while, you tend to get overconfident.

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Does Failure Make You Ugly?

June 13th, 2010
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If successful people are usually happy, beautiful, and kind, does failure make you ugly?

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World War II: Still Raging

June 11th, 2010
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Although it’s been over sixty years since the close of the Second World War, technicians throughout Europe are still dealing with the aftermath. Last week, the conflict claimed three more lives.

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Jetski, Van, Failure

June 10th, 2010
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Failure might be necessary for success. Sometimes, though, failure just speaks volumes by itself.

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