From Chapter 2: "Fail Fast: The Gift of Failure" in Ingredients of Outliers FOOD FOR THOUGHT Failing fast means you’re growing quickly. All successful people were failures along their journey—the only difference is that they learned and persevered. If it was easy, everyone would do it, and then it wouldn’t be an accomplishment, it would be an expectation. IN OTHER WORDS Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right. ~ Marian Wright Edelman An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he’s in. He treats his failures simply as practice … [Read more...]