How to Fail at Practically Anything

re: How to Fail at Practically Anything

Magnolia — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:15:44 GMT

Failure only tells me I need to rethink what I did and try again. It is a way of observing what it is that I don't know. It shows me areas where I need additional data. My responsibility then, is to research, analyze, and test again.

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Engineer54 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:17:58 GMT

We don't learn anything from success. We only learn from failures. Think back how it was when you learned to ride a bicycle or roller skate. When you started out, you fell down frequently, i.e., made mistakes. However, you picked yourself up, learned from the mistakes and tried again and again, until you perfected the technique.

I also think back to the days when I learned to fly airplanes. The instructor would allow me to make mistakes, some of which would make my toes curl and eyes bug out in fear, but he would arrest the mistake before it became fatal. As long as a mistake is non-fatal, we can recover from it, learn from it, and do better next time.

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anitaD. — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:06:30 GMT

I remember a tale about a lady who tried to make one of her favorite cookie recipies in a new and easier way. She failed. She was about to throw away the cookies when she noticed little boys devouring them. Thus the chocolate chip cookie, the all american favorite was invented. Sometimes failure is sucess.

re: How to Fail at Practically Anything

AnnieInfinite — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:31:54 GMT

There is no such thing as failure, unless it is the failure to learn. Every experience whether it works out well or not is a learning experience. We do not call a baby learning to walk who falls a failure do we? We know that the baby is just learning how to balance and how to stay upright and learning what does and doesn't work.

We are all the same: we are all learning what does and doesn't work for us, so how can we fail? The only way is fail to learn and fail to keep moving forward in life. and dare to fail it means you are still moving forward- so well done!

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Smith33 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:18:24 GMT

Gentlemen,

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Thank You

David Smith

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LoriSmi — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:34:16 GMT

It is obvious that we all can see the benefis of failure, so why can't the school system see it? Why do we, as parents, make such an issue over our kids failing? How can they learn if they never fail (in school and out)? Maybe we all have something to learn from this...........And maybe we need to rethink how we see schools and their role in the real growth of our young.

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Donlyn — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:46:04 GMT

Where would we be without some failures, we're only human. It's the failing and not learning from it is where the problems begin. We're given the opportunity to decide for ourselves what we do, when we choose the wrong way we just have to adjust and learn from it. When we choose the right way we rejoice in it. Rejoice in all things good and bad and don't let it get to you mentally or physically. I work with mental affected people, it's not worth the worry!

re: How to Fail at Practically Anything

Russ Bianchi — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:24:40 GMT

Failure is merely several ways by which one has demonstrated you have yet to succeed.

Tom Edison was asked if he was frustrated by so many failures in commercializing the light bulb, he smiled, and said something to the effect, that he had also learned that many (can't remember the exact number) ways (through failure) not to make a light bulb.

Be true to your vision, and control your own health, because there is no one better than the man, or woman, in the mirror!

Uncle Russ

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qualitygeek — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:22:17 GMT

Don't tell my DH I've admitted to making mistakes - he thinks I'm perfect.

Some of my favorite quotes on success are framed around failure:

Failures are finger posts on the road to acheivement. - C.S. Lewis

Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making them a second time. - George Bernard Shaw

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. - Colin Powell

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. - Douglas MacArthur

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? - Robert Schuller

Failure is success if we learn from it. - Malcolm Forbes

I never make the same mistake twice. However, there are an infinite number of possibilities that I've not yet tried. - me

re: How to Fail at Practically Anything

shaneperrone — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:19:06 GMT

I find it is what we do after failure that determines whether or not it was a failure at all. Sometimes things work out for the better :)

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WellnessAid — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:33:54 GMT

"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success." – Thomas J. Watson

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re: How to Fail at Practically Anything

Phantom O Banjo — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:03:43 GMT

What we have here is a failure to communicate!

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Dex — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:53:39 GMT

Failure is only negative if you don't learn from it or grow from the experience. Insulating one's self from defeat only guarantees a risk-averse, mediocre life. Even though going beyond your limitations insures higher risk of failure, it also makes breakthrouogh possible.