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It seems 37signals is running out of things to be contrarian about. It is easy to "invert" a saying like "learn from your failures" and make it seem profound bu
by henryl 18y ago
It seems 37signals is running out of things to be contrarian about. It is easy to "invert" a saying like "learn from your failures" and make it seem profound but that doesn't make it any more valuable or useful. It is easy to learn from success as it generally carries momentum and begets even more success. Learning from failure is hard because it tends to cause people to give up altogether, requiring those who have experienced it to either stay optimistic and cull important lessons from it, or to simply go home defeated.
- vinutheraj 18y agoTotally agree on this one ... anything can be said about vague things like this topic, for and against, but whatever you do, always try to learn, from your mistakes or from your successes.
- litewulf 18y agoOn the flip side, I imagine failure is much more common than success. So even if there is less to learn and its harder, there's many more opportunities to be had.
- Retric 18y agoThe problem with looking at success is it's hard to separate what happened to work once from what is a good idea. You can go to Las Vegas bet everything you own on one hand / spin / roll of the dice and win, but it's not a good idea. However, looking at the people that lost everything at Las Vegas is a different story.