Comments on: Why we should WANT to fail as writers

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 22:22:00 +0000

In reply to Dan Naden. Yes, I think this is really true. It's too bad that more people don't have the nerve that you do!

By: Dan Naden

Dan Naden — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:52:00 +0000

I’ve grown the most in my career when I purposely placed myself in situations that made me nervous. The chances for failure were high, yet I learned so much from bumping into walls or sinking in quicksand. Through the struggle, I became stronger, more confident and relished a broader perspective on the world.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 13:55:00 +0000

In reply to MP UPPAL. Indeed!

By: MP UPPAL

MP UPPAL — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:49:00 +0000

Mistakes enlighten us about the habits we’re stuck with!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 23:47:00 +0000

In reply to Wendy Kalman. I love the quote "failure is instructive." So true!

By: Wendy Kalman

Wendy Kalman — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:18:00 +0000

The lesson here, like in many of your posts, can be applied to many areas outside of writing.

“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.” ― John Dewey

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:40:00 +0000

In reply to yehudit. I agree: don't get depressed by all the failures. Instead, get motivated to do better!

By: Mariya Khrushchak

Mariya Khrushchak — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:23:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. Thank you.

By: yehudit

yehudit — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 04:39:00 +0000

The discomfort that comes with failure is what spurs the learning. Having failed, we don’t want to fail again. The trick is, to learn what we can from this failure without becoming afraid of failing again. What’s that slogan? “Try. Fail. Try again. Fail better.” As long as we keep “failing better” (or at least failing differently) we’re moving forward. Because once we’ve made enough mistakes, the only thing left to do is to get it right.

The real challenge is to have faith in ourselves and our goals. And not get depressed about all those failures

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 03:22:00 +0000

In reply to Michael. I didn't realize my headlines were such head-spinners. Sorry about that!