Lots of questions bubbling in my mind:
Who haven’t we talked about yet?
What kind of fail haven’t we mentioned?
What inspirational nonsense haven’t we looked at?
What conversations do we need to have?
The best people to advise us, is are you. (Grammatical fail, there) You might be thinking that your suggestion isn’t clever enough or nonsensical enough but it could be exactly what we’re looking for. Set us some failure homework.
Update- Don’t be limited by thinking we just need to see video on youtube. Are the filmmakers, inventors, singers, actors, fashion designers, films, songs, even places that embody the spirit of failure and learning from failure?
I’ve been meaning to write about the more negative use of calling “FAIL!” as described at length in these posts:
http://dashes.com/anil/2009/06/the-end-of-fail.html
http://waxy.org/2008/03/abort_retry_or/
It’s only tangentily connected to the idea of “failure is good” but it’s maybe worth touching on. Are people afraid to risky stuff because lazy people will call them out on it?
Possibly a bit obvious, but the ones that spring to mind are Thomas Edison and J.K. Rowling. Perhaps if you persevere long enough, you can turn any ‘failure’ into a success.
I personally find that lessons learned from mistakes are the ones that are the easiest to remember. We make lots of mistakes on our radio show and learn lessons every week!
I also find that my own definition of success seems to differ vastly from the common perception. For me, success is not about money or status, and it’s definitely not just about work, it’s about being happy. I think that anyone who is happy, whatever their circumstances, is a success.
There’s too much talk of success on this site. Like, you taking failure seriously, or just as a route to success?
As mentioned on Twitter I like the story of “Plan 9 From Outer Space”, directed by Ed Wood, and the way in which his story was romanticised in the Tim Burton movie “Ed Wood”.
Film students watch “Plan 9…” as an example of how not to make a film.
This is Fail working to positive effect.
Oh, also, I don’t agree with his use of the word “fail” but Stef is really into “Fail first, Fail often” so you should try to get him down to talk about rapid development stuff