failure

Nov
23
What doesn't kill you DOES make you stronger!

What doesn't kill you DOES make you stronger!

Scientists at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management have established a causal relationship between failure and future success, proving
Nov
20
Number of times to optimally fail? Fifteen percent

Number of times to optimally fail? Fifteen percent

To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what’s the right amount of failure? New research led by
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Dec
09
Amazon, Netflix, and Coca-Cola learn from failure, here's how they do it

Amazon, Netflix, and Coca-Cola learn from failure, here's how they do it

Why, all of a sudden, are so many successful business leaders urging their companies and colleagues to make more mistakes
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Aug
25
Laser flip triple set - a lesson in using failure

Laser flip triple set - a lesson in using failure

Over a period of two years, skateboarder Christian Flores fell down thousands of times, broke boards, went to the hospital
Aug
20
Focusing on mistakes

Focusing on mistakes

Once a month, this column will examine the insights that science offers about the way people learn, and how such
Jul
09
Failure in college

Failure in college

The presentation is part of a new initiative at Smith, “Failing Well,” that aims to “destigmatize failure.” With workshops on
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Jul
06
How is failure treated in your district?

How is failure treated in your district?

An extensive review of employee teams at Google found that the most successful were those with a high level of
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Feb
04
Learning from failure in Super Gridland for iOS

Learning from failure in Super Gridland for iOS

Different video games use failure in different ways. Some use it to shock players and teach them what not to
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Aug
08
Learning the wrong helps make it right

Learning the wrong helps make it right

Think about our planet for a second. Earth has an elliptical — oval-shaped — orbit. That means we’re closer to the
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