Why You Need to Fail.doc
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WhyYouNeedtoFail"Peter,I'dlikeyoutostayforaminuteafterclass."Calvinteachesmyfavoritebodyconditioningclassatthegym."What'dIdo?"Iaskedhim."It'swhatyoudidn'tdo.""Whatdidn'tIdo?""Fail.""Youkeptmeafterclassfornotfailing?""This,"hebegantomimicmycasualweightliftingstyle,usingweightsthatwereobviouslytoolight,"isnotgoingtogetyouanywhere.Amuscleonlygrowsifyouworkittillitfails.Youneedtousemorechallengingweights.Youneedtofail."Calvin'sontosomething.EverytimeIaskaroomofexecutivestolistthetopfivemomentstheircareertookaleapforward—notjustastep,butaleap—failureisalwaysonthelist.Forsomeitwasthelossofajob.Forothersitwasaprojectgonebad.Andforothersstillitwasthefailureofalargersystem,likeaneconomicdownturn,thatrequiredthemtostepup.Yetmostofusspendatremendousefforttryingtoavoideventhepossibilityoffailure.AccordingtoDr.CarolDweck,professoratStanfordUniversity,wehaveamindsetproblem.Dweckhasdoneatremendousamountofresearchtounderstandwhatmakessomeonegiveupinthefaceofadversityversusstrivetoovercomeit.Itturnsouttheanswerisdeceptivelysimple.It'sallinyourhead.Ifyoubelievethatyourtalentsareinbornorfixed,thenyouwilltrytoavoidfailureatallcostsbecausefailureisproofofyourlimitation.Peoplewithafixedmindsetliketosolvethesameproblemsoverandoveragain.Itreinforcestheirsenseofcompetence.Childrenwithfixedmindsetswouldratherredoaneasyjigsawpuzzlethantryaharderone.Studentswithfixedmindsetswouldrathernotlearnnewlanguages.CEOswithfixedmindsetswillsurroundthemselveswithpeoplewhoagreewiththem.Theyfeelsmartwhentheygetitright.Butifyoubelieveyourtalentgrowswithpersistenceandeffort,thenyouseekfailureasanopportunitytoimprove.Peoplewithagrowthmindsetfeelsmartwhenthey'relearning,notwhenthey'reflawless.MichaelJordan,arguablytheworld'sbestbasketballplayer,hasagrowthmindset.Mostsuccessfulpeopledo.Inhighschoolhewascutfromthebasketballteambutthatobviouslydidn'tdiscouragehim:"I'vemissedmorethan9,000shotsinmycareer,I'velostalmost300games.Twenty-sixtimesI'vebeentrustedtotakethegamewinningshotandmissed.I'vefaile