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When we fail, most of us feel a distinct burden in the pit of our stomach telling us that things haven’t gone the way we wanted them to. Instead of trying to run away from this feeling, we can learn to view it as something that happens naturally when we’re on a new venture. It’s funny how often people who end up being successful are the ones who are willing to fail, because they don’t see failure as the end of the road. They can see it as one more step on their journey, or as re-direction onto a different path, or simply as part of being human. In her warm-hearted and inspiring book, ‘Big Magic’, Elizabeth Gilbert writes about a quote from the author Clive James, who discovered that “Failure has a function. It asks you if you want to go on making things”. What if we completely reversed what happens at school and took on projects even if we knew we might fail at them? What if our decision to take on something new was not based on whether or not we are likely to succeed at it, but on whether we might enjoy it or learn something useful and interesting from it? What if we failed, and went on making things and making things happen? Our lives might look quite different if we did.
Also captured as a zen pencils comic! Learn from JK Rowling's talk on failure and imagination Consider Read what Amy Poehler says about failure as a gift on zen pencils Consider the unexpected path your life has taken after a setback - did you gain insight or experience? How to think differently about The Art of Work has some great examples of this, particularly in the chapter 'Pivot Points' failure Create a 'failure resume' as Tina Seelig suggests: write down everything you've learnt from your personal and professional failures Enjoy the Youtube video: Expanding yourself through experience by Dave Vanderveen Watch Jodi Sagorin's TEDx talk on rejection
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