We should all admire businesses that celebrate their failures, it is part of their success story.
I was lucky enough to work for an amazing leader Michael Ford (CEO of The Good Guys), who encouraged leaders to fail fast, learn fast, scale fast, without fear.
The Good Guys achieved amazing results for what at the time, was a privately owned business. An owner, Andrew Muir, who with Michael, stood by your side the entire way to success. Felt every downturn, side turn, upside downturn, all to get to where we needed to be.
Many leaders, and organisation's cultures are just too risk averse. I still hear several blame COVID-19 as the reason for not stretching ideas, not going ahead with new initiatives.
LET.IT.GO!
Employees seek working for organisations that try to make a difference. You won’t make a difference by not trying, and you will never understand true success without failing along the way.
I remind kids of this each time when they are frustrated or angry that something didn't go to plan; you didn’t know how to walk 5 years ago, you didn’t give up after falling over for the umpteenth time, you didn’t go
“Well, this walking thing is not for me, I am just going to bum-shuffle into my teenage years”.
We seem to lose this resilience as we get older, to get up and have another crack.
Failing makes us stronger.
Failing makes us more resilient.
Failing makes us wiser and smarter.
Failing makes us better at what we do, now, and into the future.
Celebrate the failure knowing that you are well on the way to success!
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