
“Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure does.”
Source: Disrupt You! (2015), p.122
“Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure does.”
Source: Disrupt You! (2015), p.122
“For every dollar spent in failure, learn a dollar’s worth of lesson.”
Quoted in article by Eric Ries about lean startup movement. http://venturehacks.com/articles/five-whys-2
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
As quoted in "The CNN 10 : Thinkers" (2013) http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/10/tech/cnn10-thinkers/
Context: The path to truly new, never-been-done-before things always has failure along the way … It’s supposed to be hard. … Solving the problem must matter. It must instill a sense of urgency … And that urgency cannot be created in the abstract; it has to be real to inspire greater genius.
Robert S. McNamara (2004), Official Teacher's Guide for The Fog of War, p. 5
Student Loans
1980s–1990s, Is Reality Optional? (1993)
Source: Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays