Summary: The author, Tim Denning, argues that people who have never failed are untrustworthy and hinder human progress. He believes that failure is essential for personal growth and that everyone should embrace it as a part of life. Denning encourages readers to take risks and learn from their failures, as this leads to wisdom and success.
Avoidance of failure starts with not taking any risks. (View Highlight)
if you spend enough years not taking risks, your personal growth plateaus. (View Highlight)
People don’t have time to focus on your failures. They’re too busy with their own. (View Highlight)
The failures make you magnetic. They make you human. They make you trustworthy. They make you seem worth knowing. (View Highlight)
Failures help you generate your own wisdom. (View Highlight)
“It is a curse to have everything go right on your first attempt” – Robert Greene (View Highlight)
Guessing doesn’t work. Neither does hoping, praying or relying on luck. And waiting to be chosen by gatekeepers definitely doesn’t work. (View Highlight)
Whatever the nightmare scenario is, it’s a lie. Comebacks are always possible. They’re the default. And from the place of rock bottom you have the free motivation and drive to go faster than everyone else. (View Highlight)