They say that you learn more in your failures than you do in your successes. I think that’s just what people say when they fail.
Fair enough, so you would go with the 37signals philosophy - that failure is overrated? I've always looked at failure as the fastest path to long term success. An investment. A humbling, yet necessary tool for startup people to learn and move quickly. I might even argue that I sometimes seek it out.
I didn't mean to belittle failure - for sure it has value. I just think there is more value in working through it - that is to say, you don't need to fail entirely to see the message. Without getting too esoteric or semantic, failing and failure are differences that sometimes we don't appreciate.
Said another way: the earlier you recognize the problems the better, best if done before you "fail".
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They say that you learn more in your failures than you do in your successes. I think that’s just what people say when they fail. Fair enough, so you would go with the 37signals philosophy - that failure is overrated? I've always looked at failure as the fastest path to long term success. An investment. A humbling, yet necessary tool for startup people to learn and move quickly. I might even argue that I sometimes seek it out.
I didn't mean to belittle failure - for sure it has value. I just think there is more value in working through it - that is to say, you don't need to fail entirely to see the message. Without getting too esoteric or semantic, failing and failure are differences that sometimes we don't appreciate.
Said another way: the earlier you recognize the problems the better, best if done before you "fail".
A fun story about failures:
fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures
"failure is always an option"
thanks for the link