This week, we’re all about failure! We kick off talking about our first failures in life and move on to how some people take failure so personally that they become terrified to try anything. (That’s called failing at life!) We devote a bit of time to self sabotage as a ridiculous form of “defense” from the possibility of failure and why some people deal with failure better than others. For those who have a tough time with failing, we talk about how failure can lead to better things and offer some ways to not be so afraid of failing at something. What differentiates those who give up easily and those who stick with things? We talk about that…as well as devoting some time to if there are times one should give up on something. Along the way, we talk about The Cult of Fail: people who seem almost excited to get out and fail…and how that’s good and bad. We close out the show by discussing our funniest failures because we believe it’s important to be reminded that it’s important to see humor in failure.
We’d love to hear stories of some of your first or funniest failures–feel free to share in the comments.
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In school, I was awesome at failing math. Back then dyscalculia was mostly unheard of, kind of like today. I was also awesome at sucking at sports and not having many friends, again, like today. (The team captains would argue over which team had to get stuck with me.) I’m still clumsy and still obviously unimpressed with most people. Now I fail at giving a f#@k! 🙂
Walking into a glass door? How about running into a wood door? I did that. It was in my grandmother’s house, I was watching TV in her bedroom alone. The lights were off. During a commercial break, I jumped up to run to the kitchen to get something. Full on slammed into the door and landed on the floor five feet away. A few minutes later, I told her about it, and she said it had sounded like a bomb went off. I was surprised at her nonchalance.
Stick shifts? I attempted it a couple times. Does not compute.