#Failure October 28

by Coach4aday · October 28, 2023

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For October 2023, I am participating in the “30-Day 30 Words Coach4aday Challenge” where the topic today is on FAILURE.

October 28th Topic

In one professional sport the all-time leader in an important statistical category failed almost 64% of the time. One US President lost 3 consecutive elections in a span of 6 years before being elected. Some of the world’s greatest inventions, discoveries, and products came about after a string of failures.

Ty Cobb played 24 years of Major League Baseball and had the all-time career batting average of .366 which means almost 2 out of 3 times he failed to get a hit.

Abraham Lincoln lost three elections in the span of 6 years leading up to him becoming President in 1860.

One of the most famous inventions is Thomas Edison and the invention of the light bulb after a 1,000 plus attempts.

Paul Nutt in his book Why Decision Fail points out that 50% of organizational or strategy decisions made by businesses, churches, universities, non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurs fail.

What his book also reveals is those who regard failures as learning opportunities typically bounce back. Nonetheless, for individuals/organizations who refuse to acknowledge reality or assign blame elsewhere, the concept of a “failure mode” can persist as a lasting mindset.