Failure: One Stepping Stone to Success

Community Manager — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:33:00 GMT

Celebrated British Prime Minister and quote-maker extraordinaire Winston Churchill famously said, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."

The brilliant life of Steve Jobs is just one such example of this philosophy in practice. Jobs created breakout technologies and the biggest brand on the planet, but not before stumbling publically along the way. Jobs was famously ousted from Apple, the very company he helped launch, before eventually returning to the fold and leading it on to greater glory. For more on this chapter of Jobs' storied history, read Steve Jobs: Why His Biggest Success Was Learning from Failure.

For more on the link between failure and success, you may be interested in reading:

Failure Leads to Success: A look at how the failure of the Columbia Space Shuttle Mission lead to greater success of the space program over the long haul.
Why Failure is the Secret of Your Success: This article examines the role failure plays in creating resilience in students and how helicopter parenting is cocooning children from failure, depriving kids of a valuable learning tool.
Learning from Success and Failure: An academic look at the business benefits of "failing forward" and how systematically assessing both failure and success in the work world is necessary to continue to learn and achieve.
Executive Suite: Knowledge of Failure Helps Lead to Success: Former CEO of Coca Cola and Warren Buffet board member Don Keogh wrote the book on successful business failures, literally. Keogh shares his philosophy on the importance of making the most of failure in The 10 Commandments of Business Failure.

How do you convert failure into a learning experience? Has experiencing failure lead to greater success down the road for you? Share your thoughts here and on the Pendaflex Facebook page.

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Failure: One Stepping Stone to Success