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
I Sold Out For Millions, Then Worked At McDonald’s
After taking a company to the highest levels and selling out for millions of dollars, one executive went to work at McDonalds. Seriously.
That’s the story of Scott Heiferman, as reported in this Business insider piece. There’s a great video interview with him, which is embedded below:
He only worked there for a few weeks, but it was a break for him and a chance to interact with real people. But Heiferman also admits to failures, including the time that he “wasted millions of dollars of AOL money trying to reinvent the keyboard.”
Failure is the secret to success. You HAVE to screw up, period. And sometimes, even when you succeed at selling your company for millions of dollars, it might be time to spend a few weeks at the checkout counter at McDonalds. You may just need to reset—to “fail” in the eyes of many—to prepare yourself to succeed again.
