Becoming better at failing everyday

1. the fail project
failing better everyday
“If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.” - Steve Jobs

2. my 29th year
take inventory of goals that had been hanging around
unfinished or untried
create a schedule to tackle them before the big 3-0
end my 20s well and launch into my 30s

3. failures
why did my 29th year not go so well?
what has been true when i’ve achieved my greatest
successes?

4. fearless
no fear of failure
childhood is like one big fail project

5. fails
ballroom dancing
speed reading
get dates
letters for grandma
activities alone
surf lessons
trapeze lessons
real estate co. buy a condo in college
time and energy
fitness
gather the family at the cabin
door to door sales
spanish
online dating
flight training
african tee shirts
ethernet cables
painting
mlb tryout
leadership conf
door to door
stand up routine
cook

6. fails ballroom dancing
activities alone
trapeze lessons
time and energy
door to door

7. lessons 1. comfort in failing = invincibility
2. success is found frequently
3. sometimes too frequently

8. derek jeter
12th best ss in mlb history
$265 million dollars over 20 years
most hits in ny yankee history
254 errors
73%9,137 fails
100% successful amount of $$$$$

9. jia jiang
startup entrepreneur
100 days of rejection therapy
afraid to ask for funding

10. +failure = +innovation
failure is a necessary part of the innovation process because
from failure comes learning - Forbes
small experiments that fail fast and frequently

11. 30 days of failure
mini fails
group fails
big fail

12. mini fails
daily email with a fail activity and some fail content
post to the fail room on hipchat

13. group fails
salsa dance lessons
make a cocktail event
improv lessons

14. big fail
record yourself failing big
top 5 will be voted on by the office
winner will be announced on March 27
PRIZE = $150 Southwest Airlines Gift Card

15. the fail project
failing better everyday
Almost all innovations are the result of prior learning from
failures. - Edward Hess, Forbes

16. the year of failure
why did my 29th year not go so well?
what has been true when i’ve achieved my greatest successes?