Tag: failure
Fail Forward: Are You Up For the Challenge?
To whom much is given much is required. Let’s just be clear the process of personal growth is NOT easy. What I’ve learned throughout my time as an executive coach is that a lot of leaders and front line employees tend to over complicate their life and business. Everyone has different reasons for wanting to [...]
How to Conquer Rejection Forever
Excerpt from 20,000 Days and Counting by Robert D. Smith Rejection is a part of life that we have been trained to find unpleasant. But what if every rejection only meant you were one step closer to a yes? What if you considered rejection to be a crucial part of your search instead of [...]
My Perspective on the “F” Word
I know what you are thinking and while we’re uncomfortable talking the subject I believe it needs to be addressed with today’s leaders, teams, and organizations so I wanted to give you my perspective on the “F” word FAILURE. Here are 6 ideas to help you look at failure from a different perspective and stop [...]
Entrepreneurs: Fail Until You Don’t
“Oh man, I can’t do that. I can’t take that risk.” I was trying to help my friend–who always talked about his hatred of his corporate job–to jump ship and start his own thing. Now, if there’s anyone that could succeed at their own thing, this is your guy: an electrical engineer, 3.8 GPA (!), [...]
Failure is Good. Can You Handle It?
Everybody fails. No matter how hard we try we all experience failure in one form or another. Maybe it’s just a failed strategy or maybe it’s a failed business. These are the four facts of failure that help us to keep failure in the right perspective. Failure is good I remember my dad teaching me [...]
The Constructive Side of Failure
My whole life, up until twenty-five years old, has been about proving myself. I’ve been proving what I can do, that I can pass by getting not just a good grade, but the best grade, and that I can keep up with the boys. Success in every mission had been my fortune growing up. That’s [...]
Infographic: Facebook Failures and Missteps on the Road to IPO
You’ve probably heard that Facebook filed for its $5 billion IPO yesterday. While it may seem that Facebook has done nothing but sky-rocket to success we often forget about all the controversy and failed initiatives by the company. Mark Zuckerberg and his team have rolled out many versions and features since the sites launch in [...]
It’s All Your Fault! So Start Working Harder
I don’t know why so many people blame others for their failures or mishaps in their lives… Maybe it’s their ego, maybe in society failure is seen as weakness, maybe people will make fun of them…Or maybe it’s just easier to blame others for their problems? “It’s not that I’m doing anything wrong, he’s preventing [...]
10 Sure Fire Ways Young Entrepreneurs Set Their Ideas Up For Failure
I had a conversation awhile back with a young entrepreneur that frustrated me beyond belief. It went something like this… “I’m looking for some advice on this amazing idea I have but I can’t tell you anything about it. All I can say is we will be competing with sites like eBay and when this [...]
I’m Risking All My Cash And A Loan…Here We Go!
I probably owe the IRS $15,000 and I’m not sure I’ll be able to pay it when tax season comes now that I’m investing all my money. I guess that’s what being an Under30Ceo is all about! I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t nervous. My blog posts here won’t be telling you [...]
