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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
Are We Confusing Our Ideas Of Success And Failure?
Srinivasa Addepalli’s article in Your Story revolves around how we view failure and success. Could we be wrong about how the two are connected?
Photo © Flickr User Sean MacEntee
Addepalli’s story strikes a chord with us here at The Failure Blog. He was staring down placement week at the end of an MBA and came face-to-face with more failure in those four days than he ever had in his life at that point. He was always devoted to marketing and thought his love of the field would land him a job with a company yet he failed to land a position with any company. The only offer he received was from a consulting firm, something he wasn’t passionate about. He immediately said yes, thankful to have any offer, only to then have to turn down a better offer at a different company. Addepali said:
“Looking back, the biggest lesson I learnt from that day was that we often have our narratives of failure and success all mixed up. While we must have clear goals to chase, we must also not be so rigid that we fail to pursue alternate paths that might present themselves.”
We need to learn from our failures!
