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Sure, risking failure is important. Not stupid failure – the kind that comes from testing the depth of water with both feet. Rather the well-considered variety: the ‘intelligent failures’ essential to ...

You often hear that failure provides an opportunity for learning. Indeed, it is intuitively appealing to assume that people will use their failure experiences as means toward finding success.

In most cultures, failure is frowned upon. We often blame others for what goes wrong, rather than reflect on the reasons for falling short and what we can take from the experience moving forward. Our ...

Imagine you are watching a movie, a delightfully engaging and entertaining film. Now imagine that the person sitting next to you is an acclaimed director, an expert at making movies. Will you see the ...

Right now, someone somewhere, in a meeting room or on Zoom, is uttering these success-killing words: “We tried it before, and it didn’t work.” Or, in a similar squash-down, “Oh, others have tried that ...