Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward
Do you have a tendency to set extremely high, rigid, or "flawless" goals and place excessive demands on oneself? Perfectionists have a greater fear of failure than high achievers.
In a pottery class experiment Group A set out to make a flawless pot within a span of 30 days whereas Group B decided to craft one pot each day. Interestingly the impressive pots emerged from Group B, who managed to create 30 pots in as many days. This goes to show that when it comes to achieving success, continuous practice and repetition play a role, in ensuring quality. Embracing the process of iteration helps individuals overcome the fear of imperfection and find enjoyment in their work compared to being fixated on achieving perfection.
“Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward”. “Failing forward” is all about iteration, about risking failure (with a small and controlled scope of impact) in order to eventually achieve success.
Love this so!! My perfectionist tendencies have definetly been an obstacle in my entrepreneurial journey. Fortunately, I managed to get to the place of embracing failure while also focusing on enjoying the whole creation process and release the pressure of 'getting it right or perfect'. Thank you for this lovely encouragement. Let's continue to fail forward and have fun while we're at it :)!