http://maxmarmer.com/2009/06/getting-excited-is-just-the-first-step/ Student of Life Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:19:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://maxmarmer.com/2009/06/getting-excited-is-just-the-first-step/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Max Marmer » Blog Archive » Thrashing Duck Syndrome Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:48:17 +0000 http://maxmarmer.com/?p=307#comment-1042 [...] Not revealing the process or placing due importance on it is very dangerous. The anecdotes of those who have failed are often more informative and insightful than the anecdotes from those who succeeded. I find it more interesting to hear about what isn’t going well is than to hear about what is going well. Assuming though, that we’re not taking a failure story from someone who is completely incompetent. There are more lessons to be had from a failure story if it appeared the person had a lot going for them. And when you hear negative anecdotes from a person, it’s not as interesting, from a perspective of success, if they’ve frequently made poor decisions throughout their life compared to someone who appears to be making all the right moves. [...] [...] Not revealing the process or placing due importance on it is very dangerous. The anecdotes of those who have failed are often more informative and insightful than the anecdotes from those who succeeded. I find it more interesting to hear about what isn’t going well is than to hear about what is going well. Assuming though, that we’re not taking a failure story from someone who is completely incompetent. There are more lessons to be had from a failure story if it appeared the person had a lot going for them. And when you hear negative anecdotes from a person, it’s not as interesting, from a perspective of success, if they’ve frequently made poor decisions throughout their life compared to someone who appears to be making all the right moves. [...]

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