The document discusses adopting an agile mindset towards failure. It states that an agile mindset views abilities as something that can grow, embraces challenges, and sees failure as providing learning opportunities. In contrast, a fixed mindset believes abilities are static and defines identity by failures. The document spells out how to learn from failures by forgetting the past, accepting facts, investigating mistakes, looking for alternatives, understanding errors, re-evaluating plans, and trusting oneself to try again. The overall message is that an agile mindset can sometimes fail but helps one learn from failures, while a fixed mindset that avoids challenges never fails but also prevents growth.

1. Agile Mindset
Fails
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2. George Stamos
Agile/Lean coach and trainer at Intracom Telecoms S.A.
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3. Failure is painful
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4. BUT
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Most successful people in every
field don't consider failure to
be a particularly painful
experience–because they think
about it differently
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5. Reminder
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The important thing is how do
you learn from your failures?
Take the word "failure" and turn it
into a positive!
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6. F-a-i-l-u-r-e
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F - stands for forget
A - stands for accept
I - stands for investigate
L - stands for look
U - stands for understand
R - stands for re-evaluate
E - stands for entrust
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7. Forget
Forget about the past failures in your life. Yesterday is
a canceled check, today is cold hard cash, and
tomorrow is a promissory note. Tomorrow is not
guaranteed and furthermore may never arrive so all
you have is the now-the present. Forget about what
did not work out as planned, why you failed and
move on.
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8. Accept
Accept why things did not work out as planned and
why you did not succeed as planned-regardless as to
whether you were victimized or wronged is irrelevant.
Accept the facts as facts which is part of the personal
growth process in moving forward in reaching your
goals.
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9. Investigate
Investigate why you failed in areas of your personal
and professional life. Knowing what the specific steps
you took will help you to avoid some of the same
mistakes in your goal setting plan.
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10. Look
Look for alternative ways or solutions in reaching your
destination. Remember: it took Thomas Edison over
14,000 failed attempts before he perfected the light
bulb that the entire world has come to use in our daily
lives. Remember: Perseverance holds the key to
success.
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11. Understand
Understand that you are not a failure in life. Every one
of us fails at something-some more than others.
Understand what you did wrong, and make a mental
note what you need to improve upon next moving
forward in your personal goal setting.
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12. Re-evaluate
Re-evaluate your overall personal goal setting plan of
action, maybe you need to remove some tasks or
steps in prioritizing things before you can reach your
objective. Think objectively and be honest with
yourself regarding where you want to go and how
you plan on getting to your ultimate destination. This
could be a day, a week or a month process. It is
important not to rush through this process -so you do
not have to revisit failed attempts yet a second time.
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13. Entrust
Entrust yourself to try again, to not give up on your
goal setting plan objectives, regardless of how many
times you fail at it. Each step in the right direction
pushes you and motivates you to completing and
finishing your goals. Remember it’s a marathon-not a
race!
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14. Do you know which is
the mindset that never
fails?
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15. Fixed mindset never fails!
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16. Do you know why?
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17. Fixed mindset
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Ability – static, like height
Goal - look good
Challenge - avoid
Failure - defines your identity
Effort - for those with no talent
Reaction to challenge helplessness
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18. Do you know which is
the mindset that can
sometimes fail?
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19. Agile mindset fails!
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20. Do you know why?
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21. Agile mindset
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Ability – can grow, like muscle
Goal - to learn
Challenge - embrace
Failure – provides information
Effort - path to mastery
Reaction to challenge –resilience
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22. Why am I
reading this?
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23. A) To help me fail
B) To help me learn
C) To help me learn from my failures
D) To encourage me, to try again. Fail again.
Fail better.
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24. Thank you!
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