Learning to Fail
Aaron DininStrategies for unlearning all the terrible lessons school taught you about failure, courtesy of that Duke professor who keeps popping up on your other social media feeds, too.
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Expectations Fail More Often Than People
A few weeks ago, I gave a talk at the University of Oklahoma as part of the Learning to Fail book tour. (Which you’ve all pre-ordered, obviously.)
After the talk, a handful of students hung around to chat, ask questions, or, in some cases,...
Protecting People Isn’t the Same as Helping Them
A few days ago, I got an email from a mom.
She’d found me through my videos, and she was writing because her daughter is struggling in her college coursework, with one class being particularly challenging. According to the mother’s email,...
When the Best Choice Looks Like a Failure
There’s a video going around my various algorithms right now featuring a Lufthansa 747 — one of those enormous double-decker jumbo jets — landing at LAX. At the last second, instead of touching down, the plane suddenly powers its engines ba...
The Promises We Can’t Keep
Three weeks ago, I injured my back. I’d love to tell you I did it while rescuing a child from a burning building or something similarly heroic, but obviously that’s not the case. Best I can tell, it happened while bending over to pick up so...
Your Biggest Successes Are Going to Look a Lot Like Failure
Once upon a time, I had long hair and a goatee and every intention of becoming the next great American author.
By the way, I’m not exaggerating for effect. As an English major in college, I moved through the world as though my authorial su...
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