tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5167539222502940808.post2373686491822079228..comments2024-03-29T05:07:19.409-04:00Comments on A Lean Journey: Lean Quote: Fail Again, Fail BetterTim McMahonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780727768370988177noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5167539222502940808.post-23255883630715079152014-09-30T12:57:33.244-04:002014-09-30T12:57:33.244-04:00Hi Tim
We shouldn't fear failure some failure...Hi Tim<br /><br />We shouldn't fear failure some failures have in fact proven to be better than what was actually being pursued in the first place. Take 3M the glue used in Post-It Notes was supposed to be a new super glue, the only problem it had was it wouldn't stay stuck to anything very well. The end result was this new glue actually had a much larger market than any super glue. Teflon was an experiment that at the time was a failure, yet it ended up being one of the greatest products ever invented and it found hundreds of uses. My personal favorite failure is the chocolate chip cookie, the first time they were made they were supposed to become chocolate cookies, what would have happened if that baker had never tried using semi-sweet chocolate, we would have all lost out on hundreds of chocolate chip enriched snacks.<br /><br />Failure has only two outcomes one is the opportunity to learn something new, and the second is finding new opportunities. Failure and what we learn from having tried will in the end help us to succeed, it will also often open us up to opportunities we previously did not see.Robert Drescherhttp://www.elseinc.comnoreply@blogger.com