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Failing Forward
I talk with my Coaching clients about giving their ideas a test run. You learn in the process to keep what works and discard what doesn’t. And I’ve heard that described as “failing forward.” I love that concept. It really reframes failure.
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LOVE this, Wendy. And just what I needed today. Thank you…for this, and *all* your heart-affirming posts!
I’m so glad, Sabine. I believe this with all my heart.
“Failing forward”–what a great way of conceptualizing this. I will have to remember this.
Test. test. test. We have to see small failures as the path to victory.
It makes the mistakes much easier to bear and get past to think of it this way. I am failing forward everyday!
That’s progress.