So good. Speaking of adopting an infinite game mindset, one of the things we say on our team all the time is, "There's no wins and losses, just wins and lessons." When we get together, we will regularly create space to celebrate both wins and lessons.
The public part is what makes it stick, and my field has the founding example. In 1845 Horace Wells demonstrated his nitrous oxide anesthetic to a room of Harvard medical students, the patient cried out, and the room called him a humbug. His former partner ran essentially the same demonstration successfully a little under two years later, and surgery changed forever. Wells never got that room back, and he was dead within three years. Your 48-hour rule is the step he never got to take.
That Kobe quote reminded me of a great SGA quote I wrote down from early this past season after a loss: "It's easier to learn when you don't feel the way you want to feel. It stings a little bit more."
Failure is only failure if you don't learn from it. If you do it's actually what it is at its core: extremely valuable information.
I read and enjoyed your latest book, the whole part on homeostatic upregulation and bacteria blew me away specifically. Awesome stuff! :)
I'm on vacation in Italy and can't wait to get back home and working on my memoir. Maybe it'll get rejected. So what! I've been dealing with that since college in the 80's. A lady in our Overseas Adventure Travel group said she wants a signed copy. I'll take that.
So good. Speaking of adopting an infinite game mindset, one of the things we say on our team all the time is, "There's no wins and losses, just wins and lessons." When we get together, we will regularly create space to celebrate both wins and lessons.
The public part is what makes it stick, and my field has the founding example. In 1845 Horace Wells demonstrated his nitrous oxide anesthetic to a room of Harvard medical students, the patient cried out, and the room called him a humbug. His former partner ran essentially the same demonstration successfully a little under two years later, and surgery changed forever. Wells never got that room back, and he was dead within three years. Your 48-hour rule is the step he never got to take.
That Kobe quote reminded me of a great SGA quote I wrote down from early this past season after a loss: "It's easier to learn when you don't feel the way you want to feel. It stings a little bit more."
Failure is only failure if you don't learn from it. If you do it's actually what it is at its core: extremely valuable information.
I read and enjoyed your latest book, the whole part on homeostatic upregulation and bacteria blew me away specifically. Awesome stuff! :)
I'm on vacation in Italy and can't wait to get back home and working on my memoir. Maybe it'll get rejected. So what! I've been dealing with that since college in the 80's. A lady in our Overseas Adventure Travel group said she wants a signed copy. I'll take that.
This is a great piece, Brad. It's full of good examples and great advice on dealing with failure. Thanks for sharing!
Epic take, Brad. This will help me in my writing and running for sure. Thanks so much for sharing!