The document discusses failure and the importance of embracing it. It provides several quotes from notable figures emphasizing that failure is an inevitable and necessary part of learning and innovation. Attempting new things carries the risk of failure, but avoiding failure can paradoxically make it more likely by preventing learning and progress. The document encourages an attitude of learning from mistakes and failures rather than seeing them as something to be avoided at all costs.
Chapter 4
ABSURD as it may seem at first consideration that anyone would solemnly enter into even an unconscious conspiracy to fail, it is a matter of observation that there is hardly one person in a hundred who does not, in some fashion, deliberately cripple and thwart themselves. To understand why this should be so it is necessary to examine for a chapter what may be called, without paradox, the rewards of failure.
The recent widespread interest in all branches of psychology has accustomed us to accepting an idea which, when first offered, seemed laughable: that we are all at some level, engaged most of the time in reverie. We dream either consciously or unconsciously, awake or asleep, of a situation in which we feel we should be happier than we are in real life. Occasionally some childish idea of happiness or success crops up to confuse or hamper us in the business of adult living. Sometimes the dream is of a life of luxurious idleness, the childish Unconscious determined on refusing to leave the safe shelter of the nursery, where all wants were remedied as soon as felt, where warmth and food and love were given freely and unearned. As Emerson wrote, long before we had any technical vocabulary to express that backward turning reverie, long before we knew of "fixations" or of "narcissism" "We do not believe there is any force in today to rival or recreate that beautiful Yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent where once we had bread and shelter." To some extent this is true of all of us, but less true of the happy and successful adult than of others.
At other times, ludicrously enough, the life-wasting reverie is about success: the mild man is a Napoleon of war or finance, the mouse-like woman a siren. If reality never broke in upon such reverie, the dreamer might be happier, self-absorbed in their silent tale-spinning, than if they were to find themselves in a position to realize some part of it. Such reverie is in itself compensation for a life of dull routine or uneventful monotony. But, the world being what it is, the dreamer must live, for part of their time at least, in the cold atmosphere of fact. This is no Land of Cockaigne that we inhabit: roast pigs do not run about crying "Eat me!" Fruit does not fall from the trees into our mouths. However blissful the daydream we entertain, we must wake from it sometimes and struggle with the hard conditions of real living.
Better online training: how to create and conduct webinarsSheila Scarborough
From a presentation at the AWC (Association for Women in Communications) national conference, "Powerful Presentations: The Art of Creating and Running Successful Webinars," with me and Maria Henneberry.
Wake Up and Live - Introduction
TWO YEARS ago I came across a formula for success which has revolutionized my life. It was so simple, and so obvious once I had seen it, that I could hardly believe it was responsible for the magical results which followed my putting it into practice.
The first thing to confess is that two years ago I was a failure. Oh, nobody knew it except me and those who knew me well enough to see that I was not doing a tenth of what could be expected of me. I held an interesting position, lived not too dull a life - yet there was no doubt in my own mind, at least, that I had failed. What I was doing was a substitute activity for what I had planned to do; and no matter how ingenious and neat the theories were which I presented to myself to account for my lack of success, I knew very well that there was more work that I should be doing, and better work, and work more demonstrably my own.
Of course I was always looking for a way out of my impasse. But when I actually had the good fortune to find it, I hardly believed in my own luck. At first I did not try to analyze or explain it. For one thing, the effects of using the formula were so remarkable that I was almost on the verge of being superstitious about the matter; it seemed like magic, and it doesn't do to inquire too closely into the reasons for a spell or incantation! More realistic than that, there was - at that time - still a trace of wariness about my attitude. I had tried to get out of my difficulties many times before, had often seemed to be about to do so, and then had found them closing in around me again as relentlessly as ever. But the main reason for my taking so little time to analyze or explain the effects of the formula after I once began to use it consistently was that I was much too busy and having far too much fun.
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This is my latest deck from my Presentation Elevation class I teach for ThinkLA. Like most decks, it may not mean much without me presenting, but there are some good nuggets, tools and tips.
Lots of good pointers on how to build Powerpoint Presentation Decks, How to use your body, hands and voice. I talk about Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs and as always there's a slide with Eddie Van Halen.
Chapter 4
ABSURD as it may seem at first consideration that anyone would solemnly enter into even an unconscious conspiracy to fail, it is a matter of observation that there is hardly one person in a hundred who does not, in some fashion, deliberately cripple and thwart themselves. To understand why this should be so it is necessary to examine for a chapter what may be called, without paradox, the rewards of failure.
The recent widespread interest in all branches of psychology has accustomed us to accepting an idea which, when first offered, seemed laughable: that we are all at some level, engaged most of the time in reverie. We dream either consciously or unconsciously, awake or asleep, of a situation in which we feel we should be happier than we are in real life. Occasionally some childish idea of happiness or success crops up to confuse or hamper us in the business of adult living. Sometimes the dream is of a life of luxurious idleness, the childish Unconscious determined on refusing to leave the safe shelter of the nursery, where all wants were remedied as soon as felt, where warmth and food and love were given freely and unearned. As Emerson wrote, long before we had any technical vocabulary to express that backward turning reverie, long before we knew of "fixations" or of "narcissism" "We do not believe there is any force in today to rival or recreate that beautiful Yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent where once we had bread and shelter." To some extent this is true of all of us, but less true of the happy and successful adult than of others.
At other times, ludicrously enough, the life-wasting reverie is about success: the mild man is a Napoleon of war or finance, the mouse-like woman a siren. If reality never broke in upon such reverie, the dreamer might be happier, self-absorbed in their silent tale-spinning, than if they were to find themselves in a position to realize some part of it. Such reverie is in itself compensation for a life of dull routine or uneventful monotony. But, the world being what it is, the dreamer must live, for part of their time at least, in the cold atmosphere of fact. This is no Land of Cockaigne that we inhabit: roast pigs do not run about crying "Eat me!" Fruit does not fall from the trees into our mouths. However blissful the daydream we entertain, we must wake from it sometimes and struggle with the hard conditions of real living.
Better online training: how to create and conduct webinarsSheila Scarborough
From a presentation at the AWC (Association for Women in Communications) national conference, "Powerful Presentations: The Art of Creating and Running Successful Webinars," with me and Maria Henneberry.
Wake Up and Live - Introduction
TWO YEARS ago I came across a formula for success which has revolutionized my life. It was so simple, and so obvious once I had seen it, that I could hardly believe it was responsible for the magical results which followed my putting it into practice.
The first thing to confess is that two years ago I was a failure. Oh, nobody knew it except me and those who knew me well enough to see that I was not doing a tenth of what could be expected of me. I held an interesting position, lived not too dull a life - yet there was no doubt in my own mind, at least, that I had failed. What I was doing was a substitute activity for what I had planned to do; and no matter how ingenious and neat the theories were which I presented to myself to account for my lack of success, I knew very well that there was more work that I should be doing, and better work, and work more demonstrably my own.
Of course I was always looking for a way out of my impasse. But when I actually had the good fortune to find it, I hardly believed in my own luck. At first I did not try to analyze or explain it. For one thing, the effects of using the formula were so remarkable that I was almost on the verge of being superstitious about the matter; it seemed like magic, and it doesn't do to inquire too closely into the reasons for a spell or incantation! More realistic than that, there was - at that time - still a trace of wariness about my attitude. I had tried to get out of my difficulties many times before, had often seemed to be about to do so, and then had found them closing in around me again as relentlessly as ever. But the main reason for my taking so little time to analyze or explain the effects of the formula after I once began to use it consistently was that I was much too busy and having far too much fun.
You're about to get fired (using the web to get a new job)Chris Lunt
Advice for managing your personal brand online to help you get your next job. 10 tips on using the social web to improve your reputation, and make a good first impression.
Presentation Elevation - How To Become A Better Presenter (updated)Michael Weiss
This is my latest deck from my Presentation Elevation class I teach for ThinkLA. Like most decks, it may not mean much without me presenting, but there are some good nuggets, tools and tips.
Lots of good pointers on how to build Powerpoint Presentation Decks, How to use your body, hands and voice. I talk about Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs and as always there's a slide with Eddie Van Halen.
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Explore the art of seeing through “deficits” to the underlying strengths.
Learn to communicate and grow these strengths - specifically, authentically and effectively - and help kids and families see themselves as strong, capable and resource rich.
To view the recorded webinar please visit here: http://www.albertamentors.ca/admin/contentx/default.cfm?h=5&PageId=13293
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Meanwhile, keep open, keep accessible and keep believing in yourself and the youths
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Gain a deep and practical understanding of why our strengths are the key to resiliency and success - not just in theory, but in action.
Explore the art of seeing through “deficits” to the underlying strengths.
Learn to communicate and grow these strengths - specifically, authentically and effectively - and help kids and families see themselves as strong, capable and resource rich.
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To discuss more on this and if you'll like us to share this with your fellow educators or parents at school, drop us a line at singapore@halogenfoundation.org
Meanwhile, keep open, keep accessible and keep believing in yourself and the youths
:) Jael Chng
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24. “The attempt to avoid failure
makes failure more likely.
Trying to avoid
failure by
out-thinking it
dooms you
to fail.”
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Sadness
- Ed Catmull
28. “Negative results are just what I want.
“They’re just as valuable to me as positive results.
“I can never find the thing that does the job best
“until I find the ones that don’t.”
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
brianhousand.com
52. The most creative people
are willing to work in the
shadow of uncertainty.
The most creative people
are willing to work in the
shadow of uncertainty.
72. Creative people discover and realize
their visions over time and through
dedicated, protracted struggle.
Creative people discover and realize
their visions over time and through
dedicated, protracted struggle.
75. The
Artist
Seeing beauty,
creating beauty.
The
Thinker
Deep thoughts,
big questions.
The
Adventurer
So much
inspiration, so
little time.
The
Maker
Committed to
your craft.
The
Producer
Process is
power.
The
Dreamer
The power of
imagination
unleashed.
The
Innovator
Move, shake,
disrupt, repeat.
The
Visionary
Imagining the
impossible.
81. They must know how to link apparently
unconnected elements to create something new.
People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age must
understand the connection between diverse, and
seemingly separate disciplines.
-- Daniel Pink in AWhole New Mind
84. “Urging people to find
their passion may lead
them to put all their
eggs in one basket but
then to drop that
basket when it becomes
difficult to carry.”
87. I’m often afraid that I may fail at a new
assignment or undertaking even though
I generally do well at what I attempt.
NOT AT
ALL TRUE RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN VERY
TRUE
1 2 3 4 5
88. I’m disappointed at times in my present
accomplishments and think that I should
have accomplished much more.
NOT AT
ALL TRUE RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN VERY
TRUE
1 2 3 4 5
89. I rarely do a project or task as well as I’d
like to do it.
NOT AT
ALL TRUE RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN VERY
TRUE
1 2 3 4 5
90. I tend to remember the incidents in
which I have not done my best more
than those times I have done my best.
NOT AT
ALL TRUE RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN VERY
TRUE
1 2 3 4 5
91. I feel bad and discouraged if I’m not
“the best” or at least “very special” in
situations that involve achievement.
NOT AT
ALL TRUE RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN VERY
TRUE
1 2 3 4 5
92. TOTAL Category
Less than 10 Few IP Experiences
11 - 15 Moderate
16 - 20 Frequent
21 - 25 Intense
CLANCE IMPOSTER PHENOMENON SCALE
94. Do you feel like your work must be
100% perfect 100% of the time?
Do you have great difficulty
delegating?
Do you feel like you could have
always done even better?
97. Do you put off starting a project
because you do not have ALL of the
information?
Have you ever worried that
someone would find out that you
didn’t know the answer?
103. Do you often feel that you have to
accomplish things on your own?
Ever had a question and not asked it
even when you needed the answer?
Do you often say, “I don’t need
anyone’s help.”
106. Do you get stressed when you are
not working and find downtime
completely wasteful?
Do you work longer than your team
even past the point that the task is
completed for the day?
112. “It is important for young people to know
that even the most gifted adult
performers and idea generators have
periods when they question their abilities,
but they learn to show confidence even
when they do not feel it.”
(Subotnik, 2015)
123. Use the categories to
fashion a definition.
Create a visual that shows
the definition either as
a model or a metaphor.
Let’s Define
FAILURE!
124. It is impossible to live
without failing at something,
unless you live so cautiously
that you might as well
not have lived at all
- in which case,
you fail by default.
J. K. ROWLING brianhousand.com
125. I guess you could call it a FAILURE,
but I prefer the term
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
ANDY WEIR
THE MARTIAN brianhousand.com