Comments on: Failure Is Good

By: BrianC

BrianC — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:16:13 +0000

Thank you. It’s always a good reminder to learn from your failures, and most importantly–move on.

By: dick

dick — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:50:19 +0000

I never pay much attention to daily fluctuations.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:37:25 +0000

I see the connection, but you’re only forcing it because the market went down. If the market wasn’t down, would you have immediately jumped to the investing angle? Of course not.

By: Gates VP

Gates VP — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:07:43 +0000

Failure is inevitable.

Fearing the inevitable seems kind of pointless.

Might as well plan for the inevitable and mitigate risks, right?

(good post)

By: dick

dick — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:40:09 +0000

I guess Jim fails to see the connection.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:25:35 +0000

Except this article has nothing to do with investing.

By: dick

dick — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:05:07 +0000

It’s amazing how when the market drops and people are losing money articles come out saying it’s OK to fail. Nobody talked that way 2 years ago.
Too bad investors get stuck in their positions when intelligent traders are nimble and quick. Next comes BLAME.

By: Aya @ Thrive

Aya @ Thrive — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:33:37 +0000

I hope it’s not too cheesy to say, no pain no gain. I agree with your “don’t let fear make your decisions,” and I’d even go as far to say don’t let fear stop you from making decisions either. I just read a blog post that explained how her salary went up after she decided to pursue her master’s degree. It was probably a difficult decision to make, considering the student loans she would have to pay off. In the long run, it worked to her benefit that she didn’t let any fear or doubts get in her way from going for that degree.

By: Hal P.

Hal P. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:58:12 +0000

Great post. I totally agree. To often we let fear of failure hamstring us from moving forward on something and we miss an opportunity. Worse let are fear blind us from what we’ve learned in the past from failures.

By: Jason H

Jason H — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:44:13 +0000

This is exactly how life should be lived. This includes home foreclosures, bank failures, etc. Mistakes shouldn’t be glossed over by our government and people and businesses should be allowed to fail.