Friends - Enjoy this excerpt from PARSE regular Mandy Smith's recent essay for Leadership Journal's April issue on 'The Upside of Failure.' Be sure to read the full piece here, and check out the full issue on this very timely topic. -Paul
The Upside of Failure: How Regional Student Groups Learn from Their Mistakes.pdf. Available via license: CC BY 4.0. Content may be subject to copyright. The Upside of Failure Published on August 15, 2015 August 15, 2015. 280,451 Likes. 5,439 Comments. Failure is preparation for the hard knocks of life. Failure is delay, not defeat. Instead, in these professions, failure is accepted as a normal part of the process toward achievement. While some leaders in other industries are catching on the idea that failure can breed innovation, most businesses have a lot to learn when it comes to recognizing the upside of failure. Feb 28, 2016 The upside to failure describes the lessons that emerge out of the failure and the new skills we acquire from them. Failures teach us critical thinking, creative problem-solving skills and effort (work required) and attitude (motivation). The upside of (unintentional) failure is the aftermath, the time of reflection and birthing new ideas. May 07, 2012 The truth is I’m not sure there is an upside to failure, or that there needs to be or that the question should even be asked or debated. I think failure is a simple fact of life. If we are alive, we will fail at something at some time – whether it is learning to walk, falling in love, getting and keeping a job or starting a business.
The week I stepped into my new role as co-lead pastor, I attended a major convention for Christian leaders. I went with an open heart, hoping it would equip me for all that was ahead in my new ministry. It certainly did. But not in the way I expected.
The more workshops I attended and bookstands I perused, the stranger I felt. Suddenly I was an artist at a business convention, an introvert at an extrovert's gathering, a foreigner at an American event, a woman in a man's world. Everything that was going on there was good and godly and helpful to many … but it was not much help to me.
The programs and metrics didn't resonate with me. The assumptions didn't include me (statements like 'leaders will be ..
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The Upside Of Failure
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