We frequently applaud failure in theory, but the dirty little secret is that it makes all of us feel at least a little ashamed.

Whitney Johnson
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your heart must forget about shame
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More Quotes By Whitney Johnson
  1. In discovery- driven planning, learning is the essential unit of progress. A course correction isn’t equivalent to failure, it’s an opportunity to re-calibrate so you can move more quickly up the learning curve.

  2. Disrupting yourself is critical to avoiding stagnation, being overtaken by low-end entrants (i.e., younger, smarter, faster workers), and fast-tracking your personal and career growth.

  3. At a career peak, there is certainly the specter of competition from below, but just as importantly, there’s the risk that if we aren’t on a curve that satisfies us emotionally, we may be the cause of our own undoing.

  4. When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.

  5. We frequently applaud failure in theory, but the dirty little secret is that it makes all of us feel at least a little ashamed.

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