Comments on: [Video] Failure Doesn’t Exist

By: Mistakes and Failures #1: LaunchALabel.com

Mistakes and Failures #1: LaunchALabel.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:14:18 +0000

[...] I'm about.Although I don’t like dwelling on past mistakes or failures (especially because failure doesn’t exist), there is always something that can be learned from them. I get a lot of requests for information [...]

By: Finding proof « Writing Life

Finding proof « Writing Life — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:27:46 +0000

[...] through Stumble Upon, but through Twitter and linking around, I don’t have the exact log) a video post from Ridiculously Extraordinary about failure. Or rather, how there is no [...]

By: Karol

Karol — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:36:24 +0000

“I would rather ‘fail’ than never take action at all.” That is awesome! Thank you. :)

By: alwayslovely

alwayslovely — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:26:40 +0000

Love watching your videos.
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Failure is another learning experience. I do my best to think of my ‘failures’ to be lessons to be learnt, lessons for a purpose.
I would rather ‘fail’ than never take action at all.

By: Tammy Strobel

Tammy Strobel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:35 +0000

Awesome video. My opinion of failure has changed over time. For me failure doesn’t exist. No project is perfect. Something unexpected is bound to come up. With everything in life, I think it’s important to see all experiences (good or bad) as a way to learn, grow and question your own perspective.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:52 +0000

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Another interesting anecdote about Edison is he had minions performing all those tests. He paid them to work in his lab and he got the patents. Brilliant.

That’s very good.
I haven’t heard that one before, but I really like it. I’m going to start keeping that attractive, yet alien to me, thought in mind and see what comes.

By: Karol

Karol — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:58:03 +0000

Another interesting anecdote about Edison is he had minions performing all those tests. He paid them to work in his lab and he got the patents. Brilliant.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:16:00 +0000

Interesting ways to look at it. If you’re not experiencing much failure, it probably means you’re not doing much–and certainly not trying anything new!
There’s an anecdotal story that says Edison experienced 1000 failures enroute to inventing the electric light bulb.
He viewed each failure as one more ‘maybe’ out of the way … and that meant he was one step closer to the right way. That story has helped me a lot over the years.
Seems like an approach worth emulating–and I guess i’m getting closer to success cause I have experienced a number of failures. :-).

By: Karol

Karol — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:36:57 +0000

I’m glad this post and Eric’s comment struck a chord with you!

As the saying goes “Feel the fear and do it anyway.”

It’s true though. If you’re afraid of something it probably means you SHOULD do it.

Thanks Randall,
Karol

By: Randall

Randall — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:02:07 +0000

Eric said “Failure is the only way to move forward”. That kind of struck me!.. To re-phrase a little one might say “Failure is only failing to move forward”. Wow that’s a lot of Failures! Especially for a term we just turned into feedback! I like your concept. Probably more than anything else, fear of failure holds me back. Not just me but I think most people. Fear of failure prevents you from getting the “feedback” you need to succeed. If we always stay frozen, afraid to take a chance, we will never learn from our feedback.. Thanks Karol