Imagine you are watching a movie, a delightfully engaging and entertaining film. Now imagine that the person sitting next to you is an acclaimed director, an expert at making movies. Will you see the ...

You often hear that failure provides an opportunity for learning. Indeed, it is intuitively appealing to assume that people will use their failure experiences as means toward finding success.

In most cultures, failure is frowned upon. We often blame others for what goes wrong, rather than reflect on the reasons for falling short and what we can take from the experience moving forward.

Leaders think they drive accountability. Their teams disagree. The gap reveals how explanation replaces investigation—and why failures keep repeating. Your team ...

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Contrary to the widespread belief that people learn from their mistakes, new science suggests that failure is not always the best teacher. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Clark ...

Doing your best sometimes just means not giving up on yourself when exhausted and completely over it. Here are seven ...

Recently, a story from 2021 trended again on the internet about an HBO intern who accidentally sent a test email to thousands of subscribers, sparking a viral response from people sharing their own ...

Right now, someone somewhere, in a meeting room or on Zoom, is uttering these success-killing words: “We tried it before, and it didn’t work.” Or, in a similar squash-down, “Oh, others have tried that ...

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At one time or another, every leader will experience some degree of professional failure. While the experience can be disappointing or frustrating, it can also serve as a powerful teacher, imparting ...

In our experience, one of the scariest snakes in the room is the fear of failure, which manifests itself in many ways like fear of being judged, fear of getting started, fear of the unknown. And while ...