Fail Fast?

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The now old adage tells us to fail fast, so we can succeed quickly. We shouldn’t waste our time prolonging ideas that will eventually not work.

But the problem is too many people don’t realize that in order to truly fail, you have to believe 100% that you will succeed.

Failing requires hard work. Failing requires some sort of embarrassment. Failing requires quite a bit of ego.

Failing requires this because success and failure aren’t that much different. One small decision there, another here and your previous failure becomes something you can hang your hat on.

But the hours are the same. The work is just as hard. It requires just as much effort. And you certainly can’t go in with the mindset that you’re going to fail.

Whether you fail or succeed, you’re going to jump off a cliff each time. Whether you fly or fall depends on you.

But you have to jump.