07/01/2025
Think about this for moment: Good leaders are those who fail well.
This is because EVERYONE fails at things as they go, but the most successful people are those who learn the fastest from their failures and make adjustments in their next steps. Those who simply fail but don't learn from the failures have the most difficulty moving forward.
The faster one learns from failure, the more likely the person will be successful.
Bottom line, to be successful: FAIL SMART (with the mindset that all failure are LESSONS), and LEARN FAST.
Years ago a family was visiting my house and I handed their son something that was broke and he thought he could fix. He tried fixing it, but actually broke it more. I did not care. To me it was already broken. However, the mother said to him, "What did you break this time?" Before he could answer, I jumped in with a question of my own: "Better yet," I said, "What did you learn from your attempt to fix it?"
I did not want the boy to think of himself as someone who breaks things, but as someone who learns from his mistakes.
Fail smart. Learn fast.