Fail Better

In this post, I want to emphasize the importance of stepping away and taking breaks, whether it is in failure prevention or recovery, taking a moment can make all the difference when it comes to failure. In a preventive measure, taking a break and coming back refreshed can lead to greater success. Sometimes we all get caught up in hurrying to finish things and that means that sometimes we rush, or do not give proper effort to said things. The amount of time or kind of break depends on what fits into the situation. It can be in the middle or anytime, and it simply serves as a small distractor to come back and focus once more on the task at hand. This practice is seen in many instances. Take for example, large tests like the ACT, SAT, MCAT and many others, these tests all offer types of breaks ranging in the number of minutes, and the number of times they are taken. Those small breaks can give the needed time to reorganize thoughts and give time from constantly looking at the words on th...

Being a leader takes many things, communication skills, organization, people skills, patience, and well planning, and typically leadership is shown as a sideways pyramid. Keeping everyone as equal, with one person overseeing the entire whole. This very traditional way of viewing leadership is almost outdated. In a recent TEDTalk given by Lorna Davis on leadership, she discusses this and how it can be almost detrimental. Davis’s idea is that independent leadership is not the solution, she states “t he idea that one person has the answer is ludicrous. It's not only ineffective, it's dangerous,” she goes on to talk about how we need one another, and because of the interconnectedness of our world and society, that a single person holding all the answers is nearly impossible. It’s a typical superhero approach, and can lack so many aspects of being a good leader. Collaborative leadership allows for a network of individuals to have a say together, finding solutions that solve the is...

Whenever you think “it can’t get worse” or “this must be rock bottom” it inevitably tends to get worse. It can be small minuscule tasks, or large things, rock bottom, is not actually the bottom. This post is slightly more related to life than it is failure, but it teaches an important lesson. The lesson that I am trying to share has to do with how we view our situations. There is a slim chance that I will manage to have a good and successful way if I go around saying “well, it couldn’t get worse.” I have a story to go along with the post. It was from my senior year of high school. I was running late for school - well late to my standards - and I was rushing out the door. When I got in my car, I was driving too fast, and hit the curb on the corner of my street. I ended up popping the tire and throwing off the alignment of my car. I thought the day truly could not get worse, and I said that very thing out loud, next thing I knew I had a surprise quiz in Calculus, which didn’t go my way....