"I did not fail 10,000 times.. Designing a light bulb is a 10,000 step process" - paraphrase of Tomas Edison's words
Fourth discovery skill of disruptive innovators is Experimenting.
I can not remember ever succeeding at anything on my first attempt. Now I have done very well at a few things during my initial attempt but I would not call them success.
In order to allow oneself to fail it takes a belief that eventually the experiments will succeed. But what if they do not? What if after many experiments the result is a failure?
You must completely re-think your strategy, your approach, your execution, etc. Then be willing to start from scratch with a beginner's mind and try again. How many times? It depends on how important success is to you.
Today's question is:
"Do you give yourself permission to fail?"
Fourth discovery skill of disruptive innovators is Experimenting.
I can not remember ever succeeding at anything on my first attempt. Now I have done very well at a few things during my initial attempt but I would not call them success.
In order to allow oneself to fail it takes a belief that eventually the experiments will succeed. But what if they do not? What if after many experiments the result is a failure?
You must completely re-think your strategy, your approach, your execution, etc. Then be willing to start from scratch with a beginner's mind and try again. How many times? It depends on how important success is to you.
Today's question is:
"Do you give yourself permission to fail?"
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