Comments on: When is Too Much Failure Too Much?

By: Angel M

Angel M — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:01:00 +0000

Thank you FrankKenny,… “12 years”…, wow. That makes my 12 months of failure seem puny .

By: Angel Mata

Angel Mata — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:58:00 +0000

Thank you for this post. I’ve dealing with A LOT of failure in my life ( alot of “f— up” ). And its okay! I’m going to get a job for now, and continue working on a business on the side (whether its personal coach or music)…

By: Carico

Carico — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:58:00 +0000

I guess there can be to much failure that you start playing everything safe to find comfort and stability. But everything happens for a reason so maybe this is just the path he was meant to take and a wake up call to be more careful about decisions

By: frankkenny

frankkenny — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:27:22 +0000

Very good points. I put my heart and soul into a business for 12 years. Once I realized that no amount of work or luck would get this snowball rolling up hill, I exited. After, I took a position to pay the bills that wasn't so stressful. Nothing wrong with that, I think. I learned a bunch about life and myself and got some perspective back on my future. Now I am back at it but with a new strategy.

By: tylerthehobo

tylerthehobo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:03:41 +0000

Micah, I distinctly remember you and me talking after I interviewed for my current job, 5 years ago, and sharing that the President looked over my resume for a few moments and then sagely said, "Wow, you sure do like taking risks, don't you?" I cringed, wondering how a very dot.com resume would look in a very brick and mortar world. Luckily, I guess that particular president also enjoyed indulging in risks. ;-)

By: frankkenny

frankkenny — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:27:22 +0000

By: tylerthehobo

tylerthehobo — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:03:41 +0000

By: Hal Brown

Hal Brown — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:46:07 +0000

Burnout happens. I think the best thing anyone can do is try as hard as possible to avoid burnout. And the fact that one or many failures does not a loser make. I know it is cliché, but knowing when to cut your losses and quit a project is paramount to avoiding total burnout.
Some ventures just don't work out. I have first hand experience with that, and burnout. I try to minimize that stuff, call it history and look for what I think will work.
This is a fine and insightful post. Thank you.

By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:45:07 +0000

The ability to fail and move on is important; like you said, you look for it in those you hire. At the same time, I like to see that someone has a respect for failure. If someone fail's constantly and it doesn't somehow change how they move in the world, I wonder if they respect failure. I think someone like that can get a bit lucky and build something successful, but I think most people who build successful companies, relationships, etc. have a healthy respect for the possibility of failure. It's part of what drives them to do things better.

By: Failure is bad. at Ben Scofield

Failure is bad. at Ben Scofield — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:36:38 +0000

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