5 reasons you should fail more often

I was doing puzzles with my 5-year-old last week when I noticed something — he seemed wary of trying pieces in different spots if he wasn’t sure he’d be right. Even though our Scooby-Doo jigsaw was definitely a no-stakes exercise, he viewed a piece not fitting the first time you tried it as being "wrong, and being wrong is bad.

As I tried to counter this mindset — "just keep trying different places, sweetie, that’s the fun of puzzles!" — I realized that many grown-ups probably struggle with the same thought process. You decide not to contribute an idea in a brainstorming session because you’re not sure it’s a great one. You come up with reasons why a new client won’t hire you before you’ve even asked for her business.

Maybe you’re right on both occasions, but over time this is obviously a limiting mindset. Here are some reasons to try to fail more often:

By
Laura Vanderkam

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