This is the Articode Podcast with Severin Swartzen and a special edition of Learning from

Failure, with guest appearances from past editions of our podcast.

This episode is recorded on September 29, 2021.

You are listening to Severin Swartzen executive co-chair and curator of the Articode Podcast

where we explore excellence and the art and science of executive coaching.

I'm exploring today a topic of great importance for executive coaches, business coaches,

and business leaders.

The topic is Learning from Failure.

Research shows that Learning from Failure is immensely valuable.

If we learn something from Failure, Failure itself can be a schoolmaster.

And Franklin once wrote, Why is Men Profit by the mistakes of others, while fools will

not learn even from their own blenders?

Research also shows that individuals can learn much more by considering the failures and

successes of others, allowing them to observe more objectively without getting personally

triggered considering their own failures or acceptance of their failures.

Values a topic, so many want to avoid and yet is the very topic that can help us get

better.

All too frequently we learn too little from our successes as we may under examine the roots

of our success.

And we learn too little from our failures as we might try to avoid those failures.

In failure, the lessons are often more painful and remembered, and we have the opportunity

to look more closely at the conditions that led to the failure.

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