failure
"Failure isn’t an indictment of your basic worth but rather a piece of valuable feedback."
Amy Buechler, Founder Coach at YC
"Failure is a data point."
Amy Buechler, Founder Coach at YC
Sometimes the prize feels closer, other times farther away. Still other times it feels like we are drowning in aimlessness and exasperation. An identity crisis looms for any high achiever flirting with failure, and a calculation begins on the conflicting forces of sunk costs and lost time on the one hand, and reputational harm on the other. As entr... See more
Andy Dunn on startups and failure
Here is my definition of imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is the persistent, unrealistic, fear-inducing, fucking ridiculous belief that you are supposed to magically eliminate all variables for failure before trying anything new in the presence of others.
So next time that feeling creeps in, try this HoJo (that’s what we insiders call the place... See more
So next time that feeling creeps in, try this HoJo (that’s what we insiders call the place... See more
via Suzanne Munchin
Gina Gotthilf: Everyone has an “A side” and a “B side,” and we should all share our B sides more
It’s better to fail by trusting your instincts than to fail by not trusting your instincts
Failure and suffering are the great equalizers and levelers among humans. Success is just the opposite. Communities and commitment can form around suffering much more than around how wonderfully superior we are.
Richard Rohr • Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
