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Failure: The Blog 
February 2012
- Unfinished, But Inhabited
- The Success of Failure, via CNN
- Einstein Actually Had Excellent Grades
- The Physics of Discarded Paper
- 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
Fighting a Hurricane with Vandalism
Imagine you’ve got perhaps a hundred thousand dollars or more in outdoor furniture aside a luxury, seaside pool. The following picture makes it look like you’ve been the victim of a cruel prank.
Check out this image from just a week or so ago:
Although we weren’t able to source the image, the person who provided it claimed it was taken just before Hurricane Irene. Instead of vandalism, however, this was done on purpose. To prevent the pool furniture from being carried away by the storm, the owner placed it all underwater.
Failure is the secret to success. Sometimes, the best way to protect your investment is to do what might only seem appropriate if you were trying to damage your investment. This may look like a photograph taken after a cruel joke, but in reality it’s an image of someone trying to protect against a storm.
To survive the inclement weather in your own life, consider failing first. You just might need to hide underwater to surface successfully in the end.
