There is a (deservedly) popular idea that entrepreneurs -- and indeed learners of all levels and kinds -- should fail and fail often (Richard Branson has put up a nice collection of quotes on this topic). Failure, rather than being “not an option,” as the popular saying goes, is actually a requirement in many circles, whether for generating street cred, finding your path, or simply finding the 10,000 ways that don’t work (as Edison famously put it).
There is a (deservedly) popular idea that entrepreneurs -- and indeed learners of all levels and kinds -- should fail and fail often (Richard Branson has put up a nice collection of quotes on this topic). Failure, rather than being “not an option,” as the popular saying goes, is actually a requirement in many circles, whether for generating street cred, finding your path, or simply finding the 10,000 ways that don’t work (as Edison famously put it).
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