“There’s growing evidence to suggest that innovation flourishes when people are given the space to make mistakes…. Why, then don’t we allow, much less encourage, making mistakes?” – Vineet Nayar, The Harvard Business Review.

I couldn’t agree more. Failing is part of life and often leads to some of the greatest discoveries along the way! Plus, it’s a great way to learn. We shouldn’t be afraid to fail; we should get really excited at the opportunity to turn it into a positive.

Now we’re one step closer to what works best.

“And that, for me, is the key. Anyone can make something. But to make something great, you have to find the courage to ditch the things dribbling along at half-past average. I’ve spent the last few years juggling projects and hobbies, abandoning a few to let others shine. It hurts to give up, but I know that my small successes wouldn’t have happened otherwise. Sometimes, the right thing to do is to move on and not hang on.
Abandon your crap. You’ll be amazed at what thrives in its place.”

- http://modernerd.com/post/328572255/the-importance-of-abandoning-crap

I wrote a bit about the same thing here a while back.

Don’t be a quitter is ingrained in us from very early on in our lives. Quitters are lazy. Quitters are something to be pitied or even despised.

I quit lots of stuff. There. I said it here in public, and not because I need pity. I’m proud of quitting- and I think more people need to give themselves the permission to guiltlessly quit things.

It used to be that every time I quit something, I felt like I failed a little. Like I left some incomplete portion of my brain behind. I became reluctant to start new things because I worried I wouldn’t finish them. Keep Reading