Comments on: Be Courageous, But If You Fail You’re Dead to Me http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/ Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The OMV Weekly Retweet Roundup May 23rd http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15545 The OMV Weekly Retweet Roundup May 23rd Mon, 24 May 2010 01:51:19 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15545 [...] Be Coura­geous, But If You Fail You’re Dead to Me http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/ [...] [...] Be Coura­geous, But If You Fail You’re Dead to Me http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/ [...]

]]> By: Stratetect http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15412 Stratetect Tue, 18 May 2010 20:07:45 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15412 Jonathan, Thanks. This is timely, insightful and just damn spot on. I hope you don't mind but I have quoted it in my blog, with full attribution to you of course. Your blog is new to me and a great discovery. See you again soon and often. Stratetect Jonathan,

Thanks. This is timely, insightful and just damn spot on. I hope you don’t mind but I have quoted it in my blog, with full attribution to you of course. Your blog is new to me and a great discovery. See you again soon and often.

Stratetect

]]> By: CU Water Cooler » Blog Archive » CU Water Cooler 5/18 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15360 CU Water Cooler » Blog Archive » CU Water Cooler 5/18 Tue, 18 May 2010 11:39:41 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15360 [...] • Be Courageous - But If You Fail, You are Dead to Me [...] [...] • Be Courageous – But If You Fail, You are Dead to Me [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15353 Jonathan Fields Tue, 18 May 2010 09:48:13 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15353 And pioneers who become the settlers own it all...until they sell it and go pioneering again, lol And pioneers who become the settlers own it all…until they sell it and go pioneering again, lol

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15350 Jonathan Fields Tue, 18 May 2010 09:44:27 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15350 No doubt, it's often those moments where things didn't go as planned that define a leader and the organization they're trying to build. No doubt, it’s often those moments where things didn’t go as planned that define a leader and the organization they’re trying to build.

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15349 Jonathan Fields Tue, 18 May 2010 09:42:45 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15349 Liz - Love that story. I think you tend to see this attitude a lot more in smaller, more entrepreneurial companies, because they live and die by their ability to innovate and grow. But, once a company reaches a certain size, there's often a more and more emphasis on stability and not rocking the boat. Which is one of the reasons small nimble Davids can sneak in and topple big old Goliaths. Liz – Love that story. I think you tend to see this attitude a lot more in smaller, more entrepreneurial companies, because they live and die by their ability to innovate and grow. But, once a company reaches a certain size, there’s often a more and more emphasis on stability and not rocking the boat. Which is one of the reasons small nimble Davids can sneak in and topple big old Goliaths.

]]> By: Ligia Buzan http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15332 Ligia Buzan Tue, 18 May 2010 03:42:26 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15332 I am with Mars Dorian here. I challenge myself to mind my words and own them-- every day. It's a very difficult practice. Thanks for this excellent post! I am with Mars Dorian here. I challenge myself to mind my words and own them– every day. It’s a very difficult practice. Thanks for this excellent post!

]]> By: Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15330 Peter Shallard - The Shrink for Entrepreneurs Tue, 18 May 2010 01:42:18 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15330 This phenomenon of "saying something and pretending that makes it real" is becoming increasingly common in the corporate world. I think the root of it began when communication started to become digital & fast. Management started to learn that they could send out messages so fast, that sometimes a "real world" follow up was unnecessary! The rational goes "instead of leading by example, I'll just send CC everyone in on an email that explains what I would do... If I could actually be bothered" When talk got fast and easy.... it also got cheap. This phenomenon of “saying something and pretending that makes it real” is becoming increasingly common in the corporate world.

I think the root of it began when communication started to become digital & fast. Management started to learn that they could send out messages so fast, that sometimes a “real world” follow up was unnecessary!

The rational goes “instead of leading by example, I’ll just send CC everyone in on an email that explains what I would do… If I could actually be bothered”

When talk got fast and easy…. it also got cheap.

]]> By: Melissa Dinwiddie http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15328 Melissa Dinwiddie Tue, 18 May 2010 00:06:44 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15328 Great article. I think this is why so many courageous people end up becoming entrepreneurs, so they have the freedom to make the mistakes they need to get their great thing done. (And serendipitously, I just wrote a post about how the worst mistakes and crises are sometimes your greatest gifts.) Great article. I think this is why so many courageous people end up becoming entrepreneurs, so they have the freedom to make the mistakes they need to get their great thing done.

(And serendipitously, I just wrote a post about how the worst mistakes and crises are sometimes your greatest gifts.)

]]> By: Maureen Weisner http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/be-courageous-but-if-you-fail-youre-dead-to-me/#comment-15327 Maureen Weisner Mon, 17 May 2010 23:21:49 +0000 http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=3959#comment-15327 "Courage is not the absence of fear, it's the willingness to take action in the face of fear." This resonates for me. Have we reduced "courage" to being the new buzzword like "brown" being the new "black"? “Courage is not the absence of fear, it’s the willingness to take action in the face of fear.”
This resonates for me. Have we reduced “courage” to being the new buzzword like “brown” being the new “black”?

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