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Americans call it experience, not failure
Americans call it experience, not failure
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 16 March 2011 ) Americans don't use the word failure - they call it experience.
Now wouldn't that be a good change of thinking to develop in New Zealand. There's a suspicion we're changing in our thinking with regards to 'failure', and Don Dodge gives a few more thoughts on the subject.
In his blog about thoughts on business and technology, Dodge says setting impossible goals and shooting for them gives a whole new mindset.
"Think about the trajectory required to hit a target at 1,000 feet versus a target at 100 feet," he says. "That difference in trajectory, and thinking, will create a much better result than aiming for 100 feet. That is a fundamental difference in philosophy that drives us towards success. Failure is not viewed as shameful, and will not prevent you from achieving future success."
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