the fail projectfailing better everyday

“If you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.” - Steve Jobs

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

failureswhy did my 29th year not go so well?

what has been true when i’ve achieved my greatest successes?

fearlessno fear of failure

childhood is like one big fail project

failsballroom 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

fails ballroom dancing

activities alone

trapeze lessons

time and energy

door to door

lessons 1. comfort in failing = invincibility2. success is found frequently3. sometimes too frequently

derek jeter12th 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 $$$$$

jia jiangstartup entrepreneur

100 days of rejection therapy

afraid to ask for funding

+failure = +innovationfailure is a necessary part of the innovation process because from failure comes learning - Forbes

small experiments that fail fast and frequently

30 days of failuremini fails

group fails

big fail

mini failsdaily email with a fail activity and some fail content

post to the fail room on hipchat

group failssalsa dance lessons

make a cocktail event

improv lessons

big failrecord 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

the fail projectfailing better everyday

Almost all innovations are the result of prior learning from failures. - Edward Hess, Forbes

the year of failurewhy did my 29th year not go so well?

what has been true when i’ve achieved my greatest successes?