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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
Failure and Expeditions Go Hand-In-Hand
National Geographic shared their thoughts on why failure is necessary. This failure article is something that we here at Failure: The Blog can really get behind!
They start out sharing the story of Salomon August Andrée and his dream to explore the North Pole which was largely unknown and alien to the world during the 19th century. Andrée and his team set out in an air balloon named Eagle to the cheers and shouts of those gathered to see them off. Though the explorer was sure in his plan to drift to his prize, he and the two men following him ended up perishing 298 miles away from their goal.
Photo © Flickr User Tekniska museet
National Geographic goes on to praise explorers and their many failures, explaining that failure is necessary to learn from your mistakes and lead you to victory.
“Failure—never sought, always dreaded, impossible to ignore—is the specter that hovers over every attempt at exploration. Yet without the sting of failure to spur us to reassess and rethink, progress would be impossible.”
This article really speaks to us. It’s good to see that National Geographic is spreading the word that failure can lead to success!
