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The Common Cure to Learning From Our Mistakes: A Practical Alternative
Learning from our failures is commonplace. It’s become almost cliche’, especially in the business and startup world. However, we can learn from others' mistakes also — or better yet — instead. Writer/investor James Altucher refers to this as Failure Porn.
Which is appropriate, especially considering how much some folks enjoy watching others fail. Some aren’t out to learn lessons from our failures, they simply want to pleasure themselves to them. To each their own I guess.
While I don’t particularly enjoy watching fellow humans not succeed, I try and learn from anyone and everyone I meet or come across. I can learn equally as much from both the winning and losing teams, coaches and organizations.
And I advise anyone who wants to play the game to do the same — regardless of which game you aspire to play. There are lessons everywhere and in damn near everything, if we only keep our eyes and minds open.
Figuring out what to do in a given situation isn’t always easy. Life doesn’t come with instructions and unfortunately, we can’t Google Maps our way to success. Sometimes, you simply have to start by figuring out what not to do.
An important part of becoming a Doctor is learning and abiding by the Hippocratic Oath. One of — if…
