Take action before you’re competent. You act without ability when you learn to hit a baseball, for example.
The less you do, the less you’re able to do.
When effort drops, tolerance for effort fades.
The more you do, the more you can do.
You learn to lead by leading.
Here’s how…
The older I get, the dumber I feel—and it’s freeing. Getting dumb might be the smartest move you make.
The joy of getting dumb is staying curious.
Get dumb in a smart way. Replace defensiveness with curiosity.
Here’s how to practice getting dumber today!
“Fail fast, fail often” is a dangerous half-truth.
Failing fast hurts when you keep stepping in the same trap.
Failing isn’t smart when you don’t learn.
Responsible failure produces insight.
Negligent failure repeats mistakes and blames circumstances.
This post is a Field Guide to Responsible Failure.
We worship success because we want it. But we gain possibilities in the failure.
Blunders make you beautiful.
I asked John Maxwell what he has learned from success. He chuckled and said, “Not as much as I’ve learned from failure.”
Remember blunders. Falling short is the edge of transformation.
Microsoft (MS) missed the Smartphone revolution. Windows operating system never got traction in the mobile sector. Zune – Microsoft’s music player was a colossal failure. The launch of Xbox One required a retooling of their approach to gaming. They weren’t learning fast enough.
CEO Satya Nadella is building a learn-it-all mindset at Microsoft.
Stephen King hung rejection notices on a nail when he was a kid. When he turned 17, the nail fell out because of all the rejections he’d received. What did he do with… Continue reading
