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April 26, 2007:
How To Fail Better II
Interview with John L. Herman, author of The Innskeeper Tales


Mike Carruthers:
You will fail more than you succeed but no one ever teaches you how to fail.

John L. Herman:

People can't believe that they're not going to win. If you go through any college course or any Masters program, there's not one class that teaches you "What do you do when you fail?"

John L. Herman, author of the book The Innkeeper Tales

All the organizations and courses and classes and books that are out there focus on do these so many steps and you'll win. Well, that's not always the case - in fact most of the time that's not the case.

Learning how to fail is just as important, if not more important, than learning how to succeed.

I have one issue that I really am bugged about and that is my grandsons play soccer but they don't keep score. Well how's that kid going to learn that you don't win every time you try something? Trying not to hurt little Johnny's feelings because he doesn't want to lose, ten to one is not teaching him what's going to happen later in life.

And that is that you will fail, it's ok to fail, in fact it's necessary that you fail in order to succeed.

You have to stay on in a positive frame of mind to overcome failure better than the people who stand around and wallow in it and say, "Why me, oh my why me?" Well, failure happens to all of us and success only happens to a few - why is that? Because the few who really succeed are willing to eat the failures and keep going until they get to the success.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.

 
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