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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
Don’t Embrace Failure?
A writer named Marc Avnet has a problem with failure. He thinks that talking about the value of failure has become way too trendy.
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Do you think that’s putting words in his mouth? Here’s a quote from his article:
From a psychological standpoint, failure leads to more failure, as we begin to expect and accept failure instead of success — or if we celebrate failure as an end in itself.
Lipstick on a pig, polishing a, well, you get it. It still stinks no matter how you dress it up.
If you stop at “Failing equals good,” you’re missing the point. It’s like giving everyone a gold star for effort or explaining that the key to hitting the ball out of the park is holding the bat.
The purpose of Failure: The Secret to Success is not to glorify error, but to acknowledge the role of making mistakes. You’re going to screw up. Get over it! Recognize what you did wrong and then learn what to do next.
What do you think? Is failure the key to success, or is “embracing failure” just a cute phrase-of-the-moment?
