My wife is obsessed with Wordle. She does it every day, without fail. For those of you who haven’t experienced this online success, it is a game where you have to identify a five letter word and you get up to six attempts. Each time you fail you learn which…
The trouble with business is that failure is looked upon as a disaster. Of course sometimes it is but mostly it’s a setback. Famously Edison is supposed to have said “I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Whilst I am not suggesting that you should…
The reason most people don’t do things is because they are afraid that they may fail. We live in an environment where “failure is not tolerated” but we see that those who succeed usually do so by failing first. If you don’t try you won’t fail but you won’t succeed…
It is vitally important that we allow people and projects to fail, it is the only way forward, but here’s why rewards for failure don’t help anyone. There is a big difference between reward and encouragement. If someone has improved or is trying hard then they should be encouraged. Personally…