Comments on: The fastest way to success might be to fail first http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first Marketing ideas for navigating a consumer driven world Mon, 21 May 2012 13:10:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rigola http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-7875 rigola Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:15:42 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-7875 "We live in an age where there is so much pressure to succeed." Shouldn't we bring this pressure to succeed into question? It seems that the only criteria for defining 'success' is the monetary aspect of it. We freeze in reverence if a corporation publishes its newest financial statement that sets another record and don't care what practices might have been involved to get there. This single-sided definition of success is going to end up in a blind alley. “We live in an age where there is so much pressure to succeed.”

Shouldn’t we bring this pressure to succeed into question? It seems that the only criteria for defining ‘success’ is the monetary aspect of it. We freeze in reverence if a corporation publishes its newest financial statement that sets another record and don’t care what practices might have been involved to get there. This single-sided definition of success is going to end up in a blind alley.

]]> By: espeterson http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4925 espeterson Wed, 26 May 2010 16:58:36 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4925 To SusanE's point, wasn't it Edison who claimed to have experienced 1,000 failures for every success? I think it's a personality trait that's ingrained in our DNA. Some prefer to play it safe, and will never capture the brass ring, while others fear not the implications of failure, and by way of trying, have the opportunity to hit on something great. Kinda like the lottery... you can't win if you don't play. To SusanE’s point, wasn’t it Edison who claimed to have experienced 1,000 failures for every success? I think it’s a personality trait that’s ingrained in our DNA. Some prefer to play it safe, and will never capture the brass ring, while others fear not the implications of failure, and by way of trying, have the opportunity to hit on something great. Kinda like the lottery… you can’t win if you don’t play.

]]> By: edward boches http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4859 edward boches Wed, 19 May 2010 01:10:28 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4859 Wow, then I'm an expert at a lot of things :-) Wow, then I’m an expert at a lot of things :-)

]]> By: Allen http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4850 Allen Tue, 18 May 2010 10:27:04 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4850 Learning the deadliest mistakes or say mistakes will certainly helps us lead success! I would say a failure always emerges you to keep out of the situation and thus lead to think about the better opportunities around you! Learning the deadliest mistakes or say mistakes will certainly helps us lead success! I would say a failure always emerges you to keep out of the situation and thus lead to think about the better opportunities around you!

]]> By: Joel Runyon http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4846 Joel Runyon Tue, 18 May 2010 00:26:58 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4846 If you gotta fail, fail fast. That's how you learn after all =) If you gotta fail, fail fast.

That’s how you learn after all =)

]]> By: Larry http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4837 Larry Mon, 17 May 2010 04:56:38 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4837 They say, well someone said, an expert is someone who has made the most mistakes, in any given field, or something like that. great article. Like the person above I am a slow learner as well, and it sometimes takes me a few tries, sometimes at the same exact thing to learn I am doing something wrong. Sorta like insanity. doing the same thing expecting different results. But once I learn, I learn for good. :) .-= Larry´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.kindlecoversandcases.com/top-ipad-cases-and-covers-from-handheld-items/" rel="nofollow">Top iPad Cases and Covers from HandHeld Items</a> =-. They say, well someone said, an expert is someone who has made the most mistakes, in any given field, or something like that. great article. Like the person above I am a slow learner as well, and it sometimes takes me a few tries, sometimes at the same exact thing to learn I am doing something wrong. Sorta like insanity. doing the same thing expecting different results. But once I learn, I learn for good. :)
.-= Larry´s last blog ..Top iPad Cases and Covers from HandHeld Items =-.

]]> By: SusanE http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4802 SusanE Wed, 12 May 2010 19:00:36 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4802 My Dad used to tell us kids "Don't go about something half-cocked". No one likes to be seen as a dumbass, hence 'fear of failure'. Inventors keep on trying because they are trying to build a new something or other. (if nothing else, people respect their tenacity). What keeps most of us from trying many approaches to problem solving is fear of LOOKING like a failure. It seems a waste of time to make my own mistakes. I am a slow learner. Personally, it's quicker for me to learn from the mistakes of others. My Dad used to tell us kids “Don’t go about something half-cocked”. No one likes to be seen as a dumbass, hence ‘fear of failure’. Inventors keep on trying because they are trying to build a new something or other. (if nothing else, people respect their tenacity). What keeps most of us from trying many approaches to problem solving is fear of LOOKING like a failure.

It seems a waste of time to make my own mistakes. I am a slow learner. Personally, it’s quicker for me to learn from the mistakes of others.

]]> By: edward boches http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4799 edward boches Wed, 12 May 2010 17:13:38 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4799 What struck me about the conversation wasn't that this company president embrace failure, it's that he didn't think of it as a major setback but rather a step forward. That's a way of thinking that combines experimentation, courage and focus to yield eventual success. Don't lose sight of the end game. It's the classic battle/war line. What struck me about the conversation wasn’t that this company president embrace failure, it’s that he didn’t think of it as a major setback but rather a step forward. That’s a way of thinking that combines experimentation, courage and focus to yield eventual success. Don’t lose sight of the end game. It’s the classic battle/war line.

]]> By: edward boches http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4798 edward boches Wed, 12 May 2010 17:11:31 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4798 So far you're right. One interesting thing about failure: it's inspired plenty of quotes. So far you’re right. One interesting thing about failure: it’s inspired plenty of quotes.

]]> By: edward boches http://edwardboches.com/the-fastest-way-to-success-might-be-to-fail-first/comment-page-1#comment-4797 edward boches Wed, 12 May 2010 17:10:51 +0000 http://edwardboches.com/?p=4435#comment-4797 Dylan: You win for best "turn" in a comment. Never saw where that was going. Not sure it's a perfect metaphor, but the idea of standing upon our failures is powerful way of re-evaluating what failure can do for us. Dylan:
You win for best “turn” in a comment. Never saw where that was going. Not sure it’s a perfect metaphor, but the idea of standing upon our failures is powerful way of re-evaluating what failure can do for us.

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