Adapt: The benefits of safe mistakes
From Tim Harford at ChangeThis: We cling on to the idea that successful business people are talented leaders running objectively brilliant corporations. But the world is far too complex and changes far...
View ArticleSteve Jobs and the power of taking the big chance
From Steve Lohr at NY Times: Steve Jobs, technologist and tastemaker of modern digital culture, described himself as a captain of product design, inspiring his teams of workers, as he once said, to go...
View ArticleYou’ve failed, now learn something from it
From Dave Logan at Bnet: In the US economy, failure seems to be stalking office hallways like the Black Death. Like the medieval disease, this economic failure can destroy whole towns. And there is...
View ArticleHow to bounce back from a big mistake
From 99%: "Mistakes are the portals of discovery," James Joyce once said. It may be hard to remember this if you were the guy who incorrectly rerouted some network traffic on Amazon’s Web Services...
View ArticleCareer branding tips courtesy of Steve Jobs
From Personal Branding Blog: Take a closer look and you’ll find that Steve Jobs left us more than technology, innovation, Apple, Pixar, and powerful corporate branding tips. Jobs imparted powerful...
View ArticleBeth Comstock: Make heroes out of the failures
From 99%: In a rare interview, GE's SVP and Chief Marketing Officer Beth Comstock talks to Behance's Scott Belsky about what it takes to keep great ideas alive in a big company. Offering essential...
View ArticleBefore succeeding, you have to fully confront failure. But how?
From FastCompany: We're wired not to fix our own worst mistakes: Our brains often convince us that failure isn't our fault or simply an aberration. But we can overcome our wiring, as this remarkable...
View ArticleWhat if the secret to success is failure?
From NY Times: Dominic Randolph can seem a little out of place at Riverdale Country School — which is odd, because he’s the headmaster. Riverdale is one of New York City’s most prestigious private...
View ArticleOvercoming fear of failure
From MindTools: This article examines fear of failure: what it means, what causes it, and how to overcome it to enjoy true success in work, and in life.
View ArticleTripping into Terra Incognita: How mistakes take us to new places
From John Caddell at 99%: Companies and individuals go to great lengths to avoid mistakes. Motorola's Six Sigma management strategy has spread beyond its roots in industrial process control to give...
View ArticleThe failure bow
From TEDx Bellevue: Seattle improviser and auctioneer Matt Smith shows how altering our physiological response to failure can lead to transparency, availability, flexibility and even happiness.
View ArticleA mistake is a moment in time
From Jason Fried: The Navajo see mistakes as moments in time. And since you can’t change time, why try to change a mistake that already happened? The mistake is already woven into the fabric of time....
View ArticleMake more mistakes
From Tom Asacker: Every meaningful success comes through a messy, unpredictable process. It usually begins with curiosity. Moves quickly to data and information accumulation. Then right into trying...
View ArticleAmy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
In a TEDGlobal 2012 talk given in Edinburgh, Scotland, Cuddy outlined her research, offering a “free, low-tech life hack that takes two minutes” as part of “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are.”...
View ArticleGo ahead, take a failure bow
From Beth Kanter at Harvard Business Review: Developed by Seattle-based improvisation teacher, Matt Smith, it works like this: Instead of cringing when you make a mistake, you raise your hands in the...
View ArticleThe transformative failure bow
From TED words: The Failure Bow (also known as the Circus Bow, Availability Bow, or Transparency Bow) represents one of the greatest resources in an improvisor’s toolkit. Putting it to use transforms...
View ArticleNo fail, no fear
From Gary Schwartz at Improv Odyssey: We all approach new things with some trepidation. I’ve been told by new students that they are there in the workshop because Improv terrifies them and they want to...
View ArticleBeth Comstock and GE: Imagining the future
From Knowledge@Wharton: Beth Comstock, a senior vice president and chief marketing officer at General Electric, thinks everyone should embrace change, accept challenges and never fear failure. It is...
View ArticleBruce Heavin: The Thinkable Presentation
View this entire Bruce Heavin, The Thinkable Presentation course and more in the lynda.com library. Bruce Heavin, cofounder of lynda.com, explains the thinkable — a method of approaching life with...
View ArticleThis insanely simple rule will help you overcome your biggest challenges
From Shane Snow at Contently: I dedicated a chapter of Smartcuts to the science of failure, and the balance that the world’s most successful people and companies manage to achieve between taking...
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