Personal Development

Fear Less, Fail More

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How failure can be the key to your success

By The Blinkist Curators

What's it about?

Personal Development Career & Success Entrepreneurship Motivation & Inspiration

Failure isn't the end of the world, and neither is it something to be ashamed about. Most of our heroes and role models have probably failed on their way to the top, and it's these failures which gave them the resolve to persevere. Failure is not what defines us—rather it's how we respond to it that shapes us as individuals. The Blinks and Shortcast episodes in this collection will help you ditch the notion of failure as a setback, and begin seeing it as a stepping stone to success.

Fear Less, Fail More

How failure can be the key to your success

Failing Forward

Failing Forward

John C. Maxwell

Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones For Success

Fail Fast, Fail Often

Fail Fast, Fail Often

Ryan Babineaux and John Krumboltz

How Losing Can Help You Win

How to Fail

Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

Kind of the Story of My Life

Sophia Amoruso: Bouncing Back

Sophia Amoruso: Bouncing Back

How can mistakes and failures positively shape our lives? In 2016 Sophia Amoruso's company Nasty Gal was one of the fastest-growing fashion retailers in the world—until it filed for bankruptcy. In a six-month period Sophia went from the cover of Forbes to a failed marriage and business insolvency, all very publicly. At a time when there were few young female entrepreneurs, let alone those who went through such major, stigmatized changes in the public eye, one has to ask, "How did she bounce back and move on?" In this episode, you'll learn what Sophia did to move forward with her life, and how she managed to transform first-time mistakes into valuable learning curves so she could set up her second and wildly successful business: Girlboss.

Bounce Back

How to Fail Fast and Be Resilient at Work

Brave, Not Perfect

Brave, Not Perfect

Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder

Hopping over the Rabbit Hole

Hopping over the Rabbit Hole

Anthony Scaramucci

How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure into Success

How to Win at Losing: Xabi Alonso

How to Win at Losing: Xabi Alonso

Nobody knows what losing feels like more than professional footballers. The pressure to win is intense, and losing can feel like a stab in the heart. For Xabi Alonso—who won the 2010 World Cup with his team from Spain in 2010—the pain of losing never affected his chances for future wins. In this episode, Xabi talks with Nico about how to make losing part of the process of winning and and turn what can feel like a failure into a tool for success.

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