Sara Blakely Quote

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I was doing some research for a client today at work and came across this article on the Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx. This passage stuck out to me:

Sara’s beloved father followed Wayne Dyer’s guidance in teaching his children the power of failing big. 

Each day, her father would ask – “So, what did you fail at today?”

And if there were no failures, Dad would be disappointed.

My middle school band teacher, Mr. Ehrle, used to teach us this, too. He’d rather us play a loud, wrong note with passion than perform timidly, paranoid that we were going to make a mistake. Somewhere along the line I forgot this lesson (perhaps I suppressed much of my memory from middle school, but went to far…).

I want to remember that now that I’m in the workforce. I’d rather fail big and be passionate than shrink back in paranoia.

 

So… what did YOU fail at today? Comment below. An embarrassing story isn’t complete until you tell someone about it.