Seek to Misconstrue + a
Failure: The Blog 
August 2018
- When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
- Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
- London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
- Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start
July 2018
- Fear This Instead Of Failure
- Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
- A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
- The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
- Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti
June 2018
- A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
- US Army Embraces Mistakes
- Blocking A Hymn
- Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
- [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed
May 2018
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
- Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
- This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
- MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process
April 2018
- Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
Astronaut Insurance
Suppose you are an astronaut about to go on an extremely dangerous space mission. There’s a reasonably high chance you might be killed. Also: no one will sell you life insurance.
That might sound crass, but it was a real problem during the height of the space race in the 1950s and 60s. So what do you do if you’re a spaceman with a family? According to the UK InsuranceNet blog, you leverage your fame to design high-value collectibles:
…a number of which were given to every crew member and subsequently signed by every astronaut involved, as close to launch as possible. Its value would instantly be high, but would no doubt sky-rocket (no pun intended) should the astronauts never return; the deceased’s surviving family then at least safe in the knowledge that in future they could cash-in their makeshift insurance policy if required.
Photo © UK InsuranceNet blog
Everyone in the insurance business has to talk about failure. You pay premiums (or autograph “insurance covers”) in the hopes that you’ll never need to cash in on the policy. Yet embracing the difficult reality of tragic loss is necessary to make the right decision.
Failure is the secret to success. Every Apollo astronaut who signed an insurance cover returned safely to Earth.
