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Fail Forward Faster
Failure, properly framed, is tuition. Celebrate intelligent mistakes to shorten the syllabus.
Seth Thomas
July 03, 2025
“Great dreams aren’t just visions; they’re visions coupled to strategies.” - Astro Teller
Good Morning. X-Labs rewards staff for proving an idea won’t work early; it saves millions and morale. The key is learning density per dollar.
Personal projects benefit from the same mindset. Post-mortem every flop: hypothesis, test, result, tweak. The feedback loop tightens.
Shame corrodes lessons; curiosity preserves them. Ask what, not who, went wrong.
Today’s Challenge
Write a “failure resume” listing three past flops and one skill each gifted you.
🧠 Fascinating Stimuli:
🎥 TED talk “The Unexpected Benefit of Celebrating Failure.”
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