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Failures and mistakes in the course of running a business are inevitable.
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426 |
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The grim reality is that most startups fail.
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2 |
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…in general management, a failure to deliver results is due to either a failure to plan adequately or a failure to execute properly.
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24 |
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[Validated learning] is the principal antidote to the lethal problem of achieving failure: successfully executing a plan that leads nowhere.
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38 |
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This is one of the most important lessons of the scientific method: if you cannot fail, you cannot learn.
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56 |
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What differentiates the success stories from the failures is… the ability to… discover which parts of their plans were working and which were misguided… and adapt their strategies accordingly.
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84 |
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There are only two possible explanations for [failure to deliver]: a failure of execution or a failure to plan appropriately.
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113 |
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Failure is a prerequisite to learning.
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154 |
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…entrepreneurs need to face their fears and be willing to fail, often in a public way.
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162 |
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Catching a wandering mind in the act is elusive; more often than not when we are lost in thought we fail to realize that our mind has wandered in the first place.
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52 |
