The theme of Manas’ message was “Now Let’s Go
Fail.” You can hear the entire speech at
this link and fast forward to the 54 minute mark.
Some of the great thoughts and sound bites:
*Failure is not necessarily the opposite of
success
*Failure and Success are “two points on the same
learning curve”
*Failure can help accelerate success
*We should actively try and fail – this is a means
to achieving and appreciating success
*When we embrace and understand failures, we can
use the understanding to seize success
About a year ago a wrote this blog entitled “We Celebrate
Noble Failure.” But I like the way Manas
says it even better. We need to transform
our relationship with failure if we are going to innovate and achieve even
higher levels of Mission Impact for those we serve.
In a few weeks, Manas will start his new job with
Teach for America in San Francisco where he will be teaching math to kids in
the inner city. I have no doubt that he
will experience failures, but I am totally confident that he will be a great
success – and those children he teaches will be the great beneficiaries of that
success. Good luck Manas!
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This is a theme that certainly resonates with entrepreneurs! Culturally there is a geographic gap in the mindset of how failures are perceived especially in entrepreneurial ventures. On the east coast, startups that didn't achieve economic success but still translate into tremendous educational success through "failure" are still deemed as a black mark. However on the west coast, the startup community is much more accepting of this notion, and approaches it with a philosophy of "your next venture is going to be so much better!" We on the east coast could surely benefit from this mentality and not just with entrepreneurship, but with all endeavors and challenges to which we have the courage to undertake!
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