I like to set my goals so I fail
Chip Wilson aims for goals he’ll miss half the time. Here’s what his 50% rule means, how he built it…
failures
To play a wrong note
In 1801, Beethoven barely reacted when his student hit a wrong note but got angry when the boy played without…
Be a scientist
In 1901, Wilbur Wright said people wouldn’t fly for 1,000 years. This quote explains how he and Orville turned a…
The road to wisdom
In 1917, Lewis Fry Richardson spent 6 weeks working out a weather forecast that turned out to be wrong. Piet…
Fall seven times and stand up
Toyota rejected 47 of Soichiro Honda’s first 50 piston rings. This Japanese proverb, and a red doll with no arms…
Failure + Reflection + Another try
In 2009, Brandon Webb lost his first startup and his life savings. His equation explains how he turned that failure…
Fail again fail better
Stan Wawrinka lost to the same player 10 times in a row, then had this quote tattooed on his arm.…
If you are not willing to be a fool
Julia Child dropped a potato pancake on live TV and kept cooking. Jordan Peterson’s quote explains why looking foolish is…
I never learned anything
At 19, Bobby Jones tore up his scorecard at St Andrews and walked off. Six years later he won there.…
You have to get comfortable with failure
Will Smith called After Earth the most painful failure of his career. His quote explains why he went looking for…