Comments on: Sometimes failure just sucks…or does it?

By: Men with Pens Web Content Writers and Freelance Writing Services

Men with Pens Web Content Writers and Freelance Writing Services — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:43:01 +0000

[...] than those who aren’t. No matter what perfectionists achieve, though, they often view their accomplishments as failures – unless they achieve exactly what they wanted (and more) in the way they’d [...]

By: Barry Moltz

Barry Moltz — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:24:23 +0000

Love the MaryKay quote! Sometimes it is hard to know when to move on especially when to close a business or sell it. I have helped many in this area. If you friend wants to talk, we can contact me at my website or through Jonathan.

By: Arwen Taylor

Arwen Taylor — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:14:20 +0000

I think there is always something to be learned from failure even if all you learn is what “didn’t” work. However, I do agree with Mr. Moltz in that we should not wallow in failure but do as those MaryKay girls are so fond of saying: Pull up your big girl panties and deal with it.

Dwelling on failure will only hold you back. Absorb what you need to from it, discard the rest and move on. Great interview. I’m actually thinking about getting the book for a friend who is in the process of selling her business for less than stellar reasons. Maybe it will help her pick herself up so she can move on and be the success I know she can be.

Arwen

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:12:01 +0000

I think there’s something to what he’s saying here. I think you can maybe learn that something didn’t work, but that’s all – you’ve just got to move on.

Sometimes we get to caught up in trying to give meaning to everything. While there are many deep meanings to be found in life, sometimes we’ve got to just let things go.

By: » Jonathan Fields: Awake at the Wheel, Barry Moltz

» Jonathan Fields: Awake at the Wheel, Barry Moltz — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:35:24 +0000

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By: Barry Moltz

Barry Moltz — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:25:13 +0000

Great conversation. The point that I am making is that there ALWAYS isn’t something to learn from failure. Yes, sometimes there is something to learn but other times there is not and it just holds us back from taking the action that will move us forward to have another chance at success.

By: Shama Hyder

Shama Hyder — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:50:17 +0000

Jonathan,

I do believe there is a lesson in everything. It’s best summed like this-no, no, no, no, no, no, yes.

By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens

James Chartrand - Men with Pens — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:56:07 +0000

I haven’t listened to the interview, I’ll admit. (I’m not big on video). But to answer the question you posed, let me offer this:

Failure is a figment of the imagination. It is our perception that warps the good in all events into a negative experience.

Every experience we have, positive or negative, brings growth, wisdom, lessons and maturity. None of this may be evident at first or tangible enough to understand, but the good in every bad experience is there. Every bad situation achieves something good. The challenge lies in finding it.

We can choose to wallow in our feelings of hurt or self-pity, or we can acknowledge what we did achieve and use it to its fullest potential.

By: Whatley

Whatley — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:27:47 +0000

It is what it is and sometimes that all that it is.

By: Jonathan Fields

Jonathan Fields — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:06:32 +0000

@ Hayden – yeah, not only have I seen Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech, I actually quote it in the book I am working on. It’s tremendous.

I tend to agree with David Packard’s famous quote, “the fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure.” I have a hard time swallowing the notion that some failures truly add nothing, but Barry’s book makes some interesting arguments. Barry, if you’re out there, feel free to chime in…