From the course: Learning from Failure
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Develop a learning mentality
From the course: Learning from Failure
Develop a learning mentality
- When you're dealing with personal failures and setbacks, one of the smartest things you can do is step back and try to gain a wider perspective. You have to remember that when you fail, you're not alone. You're a part of a very large group. I want you to remember that every successful person fails a good bit, then learns, improves, and later becomes successful. It's inevitable and can even be fun as you learn to embrace learning. Don't forget this reality applies to everyone, including me. Before I was a well-known professional speaker, I was an unknown professional speaker with mediocre skills. I had to learn how to improve. This reality applies to individuals and also organizations. For example, consider these famous examples of failure followed by perseverance that resulted in success. Apple is now the world's leader in several product categories, but before there was an iPhone, there was the Apple Lisa and the Apple Newton tablet, huge failures, which they used to learn and…
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