I’m in the midst of reading a great book titled
Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses No, But Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration–Lessons from The Second City by Kelly Leonard
Everyone makes mistakes. Accept the reality of that statement. Have compassion with yourself and others regarding their faults.
To err is human; to forgive, divine – Alexander Pope
Are you embracing your failures? Or do you instead deny, rationalize, or otherwise cover up your faults? Are you sure that you are right even when you are wrong?
Often in error; never in doubt.- my friend Jack
The goal is not to fail, but rather to fail with purpose. Don’t keep making the same mistakes again and again. Make new mistakes, fail in a better way.
Here are 7 types of failure that you want to embrace.
- Fail in order to cultivate creativity – In order to create small or great things you must be willing to try and to fail.
- Fail in public – Acknowledge the failure to yourself and to others. It’s often the cover up that gets us in more trouble than the original offense.
- Fail together – Have the team take on the failure or success of a particular course of action.
- Fail fast – If you or your team has made an error then just fess up, and move on. Don’t keep a failing project alive if there is no way to correct the failure.
- Fail free of judgement – Have compassion for yourself and others as we all make mistakes.
- Fail with confidence – Failure is part of the human experience. When trapeze artists miss their partner and fall into the net, they come out of the net and bow. Embrace their failures they indicate that you tried.
- Fail incrementally – Continuously try to improve yourself. Make new and different mistakes, but keep trying to improve.
For more information on failure and how you can use it for positive change I encourage you to read Yes, And.
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