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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
Turning Failures In Your Career Into Success
Everyone fails at least in their careers. No one is perfect, after all. So how can we learn from those failures and turn them into lasting success?
Sarah Mahoney wrote an eye-opening piece in Self. In it, she delves into her biggest failures, the most impressive one being getting fired from a national magazine. She explained how not only did she have to deal with that rejection, but it became a headline in one of the local papers. She was mortified and devastated. Then, a friend told her something that completely changed her state of mind:
“Now that everyone has seen you flat on your ass, you won’t ever be afraid of failing again.”
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This taught Mahoney to embrace failure instead of running and hiding from it. Using this new “failing forward” strategy, she found ways to use her defeat to create success. She goes on to give some pretty solid advice, titled “How To Aim To Win.” Failure can lead you toward success!
