It's difficult because we tend to overrate the pain of failure. We fear it too much. That's research that emerges from psychology. We think it's going to be worse than it really is. And, I think, as we get a bit older, really after we leave school or college, we quickly stop experimenting.
Interpretation
Fear of failure often holds us back from trying new things.
This quote highlights how people frequently exaggerate the pain and consequences of failure, leading to an irrational fear that prevents experimentation and personal growth. As we grow older and move past educational environments, we tend to become more risk-averse, which inhibits our willingness to take chances and explore new opportunities.
In practice
Using this quote in a workshop about embracing risk in business.
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. You don't expect dentists to be able to forecast how many teeth you'll have when you're 80. You expect them to give good advice and fix problems.
In certain businesses, I would say 10 failures to one success is a perfectly acceptable ratio. Because the failures die pretty quickly, they're not that expensive, and the successes can be really huge.
Success Comes Through Rapidly Fixing our Mistakes Rather than Getting Things Right the First Time.
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
Where is your ancient courage? You were used to say extremities was the trier of spirits; That common chances common men could bear; That when the sea was calm all boats alike showed mastership in floating.
Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. Its essence is the realisation by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the blackness of their skin - and to operate as a group to rid themselves of the shackles that bind them to perpetual servitude.
The hero and the coward both feel exactly the same fear, only the hero confronts his fear and converts it into fire.
I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I have had tendinitis a couple of times, so I try to be really careful. It takes patience and persistence to overcome injury.
The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
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