The Prestigious Academy Of Failure
‘I would sooner fail than not be amongst the greatest.’ John Keats
I am a graduate of the ‘Academy Of Failure’. In fact, I have a ‘PhD in Failure’, and some of my professors and instructors have had the following surnames:
‘Blunder, Mistake, Error, Fault, Omission, Miss, Oversight, Slip, Trip, Stumble, Faux Pas, Scrape, Mess, Botch, Breakdown, Mishap, Misfortune, Downfall, Wreck, Miss The Mark, Succumb, Go Under, Bite the Dust, Lose, Flounder, Over Reach. Come Off Second Best, Run Aground, Come Up Against A Stone Wall, Burn One’s Fingers and Come To Grief.’
They have all been my greatest teachers.
With every failure I have learnt the power of asking one question. This question has changed my life. And the question is: ‘What can I learn from this experience?’
