What’s your favorite kind of failure? The question isn’t if you’ll fail or get rejected, but when. So don’t let it stop you from taking action or making decisions. Today I’m sharing more on a favorite practice that I’ve heard others espouse: creating a failure resume.

🌟3 Key Takeaways:

Being afraid is fine. Ask, “Is it enough to stop you?” If the answer is yes, what can you do to sidestep that issue or shift direction?
How do you define failure? Are you thinking about quantitative outcomes like financials or metrics, or is your definition more qualitative?
Remember to consider the third side of the coin: the neutral middle where you can reflect, learn, and adapt.

✅Next Action: Compile your failure resume. List everything that you personally consider a failure, including a few rejections large and small. While you’re doing so, consider what the outcomes of those failures were: What did you learn? Who did you meet? What next action did it inspire?

📘Books Mentioned:

Free Time: Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want
Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies by Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink

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