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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
Famous Scientists, Once Dismissed
The humor site Cracked.com recently outlined the story of several important researchers. Today, we herald their contributions. During their lifetime, they were considered crackpots.
Photo © Flickr User Ton Haex
The story, 5 Famous Scientists Dismissed as Morons in Their Time, explains:
Every nutjob in the world with some out-there theory thinks he’s Galileo, rejected for daring to think different. Virtually all of them are, in fact, simply insane.
Yet, there have been brilliant rebels who put their own world-changing ideas on the line, only to end up…humiliated, ridiculed, ignored and/or straight driven to insanity.
Using colorful language, the author makes an important point. Just because people think your ideas are crazy doesn’t mean you aren’t on to something revolutionary. In fact, there are countless examples of critical discoveries that were the work of people considered to be completely off their rocker.
Failure is the secret to success. If nobody thinks you can do it, that’s actually a pretty good sign that you might be on the right track!
