Failure as an Accelerator

(by maddog)
Becky McCray has a fascinating and thought-provoking piece over at Small Business Survival about redefining failure. Her prime point is that failure is a constant companion to small business people, and that you need a healthy relationship with failure to move towards bigger and better things.

I received a criticism yesterday that I thought was fair: “You seem disappointed when there’s a lack of reciprocal energy from people when you pitch an idea at them.” The person went on to say, “If it’s a good idea, it’s a good idea. It shouldn’t matter what people think or how they react. YOU know.”

So Becky, you’ve got me thinking. This is really a stop-and-think post and process you’ve got in mind. Now, get out your videocamera, record the presentation, throw it online, so we can all sit and marvel at this failure presentation.

Becky’s kindly put it all together for us here.

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  • Anonymous

    One of my favorite engineering professors used to say “Controlled failure can be a success.” and that is very true.

    If things aren’t going the way you planned- change the rules. Failure and success depend entirely on the definition of achievement targets. If you can adjust your targets, you can turn the tables on defeat.

  • Anonymous

    One of my favorite engineering professors used to say “Controlled failure can be a success.” and that is very true.

    If things aren’t going the way you planned- change the rules. Failure and success depend entirely on the definition of achievement targets. If you can adjust your targets, you can turn the tables on defeat.