Treat Failure Like a Scientist: as another data point When a scientist runs an experiment, there are all sorts of results that could happen. Some results are positive and some are negative, but all of them are data points. Each result is a piece of data that can ultimately lead to an answer. This is much different than how society often talks about failure. For most of us, failure feels like an indication of who we are as a person. Failing a test means you’re not smart enough. Failing to get fit means you’re undesirable. Failing in business means you don’t have what it takes. Failing at art means you’re not creative. And so on. But for the scientist, a negative result is not an indication that they are a bad scientist. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Proving a hypothesis wrong is often just as useful as proving it right because you learned something along the way. Your failures are simply data points that can help lead you to the right answer. ~jamesclear/failure-scientist --- There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just feedback. If youre going to lose, dont lose the lesson.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 06:12:57 +0000
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