http://toderash.net/2010/01/the-benefit-of-failure/ No box. Just thinking. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://toderash.net/2010/01/the-benefit-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-129457 Brent Toderash Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:17:36 +0000 http://toderash.net/?p=568#comment-129457 You've got a good point there, Ron, as the following success is the proof that the lesson was learned. What would be most unfortunate is if the failure disqualifies someone from later putting into practice what they've learned and generating success. The old "keep-trying" advice applies, I guess -- of which Edison is an excellent example. You’ve got a good point there, Ron, as the following success is the proof that the lesson was learned. What would be most unfortunate is if the failure disqualifies someone from later putting into practice what they’ve learned and generating success. The old “keep-trying” advice applies, I guess — of which Edison is an excellent example.

]]> http://toderash.net/2010/01/the-benefit-of-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-129456 Ron McMahon Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:07:48 +0000 http://toderash.net/?p=568#comment-129456 Not to put too fine a point on this, but failure is ONLY seen as something worthwhile or as something to celebrate when it is followed by success. Had Rowling or even Edison continued in failure without ever achieving overwhelming success, we wouldn't know who they are and Harvard certainly wouldn't want either them to be addressing graduates no matter how profound, insightful or helpful the lessons of and from failure would be. Not to put too fine a point on this, but failure is ONLY seen as something worthwhile or as something to celebrate when it is followed by success. Had Rowling or even Edison continued in failure without ever achieving overwhelming success, we wouldn’t know who they are and Harvard certainly wouldn’t want either them to be addressing graduates no matter how profound, insightful or helpful the lessons of and from failure would be.

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