21 ways to learn from failures

1. The difference between failures and mistakes

Seth Godin:“A failure is a project that doesnt work, an initiative thatteaches you something at the same time the outcomedoesnt move you directly closer to your goal.A mistake is either a failure repeated, doing something forthe second time when you should have known better, or amisguided attempt (because of carelessness, selfishnessor hubris) that hindsight reminds you is worth avoiding.We need a lot more failures, I think. Failures that dont killus make us bolder, and teach us one more way that wontwork, while opening the door to things that might.”http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/12/the-difference-between-a-failure-and-a-mistake.html

2. Avoid stupid mistakes

3. You cant make an omelette without breaking eggs

4. Take action

5. Take more risks

Jumphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voB6WiP83NU

6. Dare to dream

The future of the mobilehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx2Slxp0TkM

Wrong predictionsTelevision wont last because people will soon get tired of staringat a plywood box every night. Darryl Zanuck, movie producer,20th Century Fox, 1946Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil?Youre crazy. Associates of Edwin L. Drake refusing his suggestionto drill for oil in 1859.Remote shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop—becausewomen like to get out of the house, like to handle merchandise,like to be able to change their minds. Time, 1966, in one sentencewriting off e-commerce long before anyone had ever heard of it.http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Incorrect_predictions

7. No success without flops

7 Products Steve Jobs Got Wronghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/steve-jobs-apple-flops_n_936038.html#s339143&title=1_Apple_III

Einstein’s Mistakeshttp://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/01-einstein.s-23-biggest-mistakes

8. Mistakes that worked

10 exampleshttp://www.antibodycommunications.com/corporate/Top10Mistakes.pdf

Leaning Tower of Pisa

9. Serendipity: happy accidents

Famous exampleshttp://www.squidoo.com/serendipity-luck-coincidence#module18053372

10. Use new words

NearlingA nearling is a positive word for something new that you did withthe right intentions, which has not (yet) led to the right result.The reasons for nearlings not to succeed can be diverse, thecircumstances have changed; a better option has been chosen; youmade an error; faith decided differently; there suddenly were otherpriorities, etc.Until this moment there was no right English word for thisphenomenum. There is the word failure, yet that soundednegative. You only recognize a nearling when you look back. Youcan always learn from a nearling. The nearling fills a gap in theinternational innovation language.http://www.newshoestoday.com/site/offerings/nearling

Nearlinghttp://www.newshoestoday.com/site/offerings/nearling

11. Forget best practices, learn from worst practices

Failure weekhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16879336

12. Make fun of failures

13. Publish your failures

Journal of Errologyhttp://bioflukes.com/JoE

14. Forget perfection

Perfection quoteStriving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.Harriet Braiker

15. Love customer feedback

?Dear Yellow Pages, see this big stack of unclaimed telephone books? NOBODY WANTS THEM. Please stop killing trees and GET A NEW1 BUSINESS MODEL.”

16. You don’t have to be the first

Malcom Gladwellhttp://scene.yahoo.net/cannes-2011/seminars/seminars-articles/when-being-third-is-better-than-being-first

17. Learn from failed business models

Board of innovationhttp://www.slideshare.net/boardofinnovation/7-business-models-that-got-shot-in-2011-by-nickdemey-11109603

18. Never give up

Famous failureshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6hz_s2XIAU

Think differenthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAB83Z1ydE

19. Final

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