I have been reading some books and blogs recently and I have come across a recurring theme of failure:

• Fail fast
• Fail often
• Aim for failure
• Fail in order to learn from your failure

Listening to some people at events recently it almost feels like people are aiming to fail! Almost like it is a badge of honour.

Don’t get me wrong when things go badly lessons can be learned, but I would much rather things went right. I think some people overlook that fact that you can learn a lot from your successes as well. Find the things that are working and do more of them.

If you aim to fail chances are you probably will. If you aim for success chances are you more likely to reach your target.

Try the success cycle instead

So I suggest a new formula, a success cycle:

• Aim for success
• Succeed often
• Learn from your successes
• Do more of the things that are working
• Rinse and repeat

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 7:47 pm and is filed under General.
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