# Daily Inspiration: “Chase good failure!” By ## Article Content "Chase good failure!" - Futurist Jim Carroll This post originally started out with this thought in mind: "You don't have a right to success. But you do have the right to learn it and earn it!" My original idea was to come up with a list of 101 things you could do to try to learn and earn your success going forward. But at the same time, a potential client was asking me for a video clip of how I do my text message polling on stage - it's an effective way for audience interaction. While editing the clip, the phrase 'good failure' came to mind - because my attempt failed live, in real-time, in front of the audience. I then turned around and used that failure to my advantage to emphasize a key point. In effect, the video clip is an example of 'good failure' in action! Hence, today's quote! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phdClpD42gg And so, here's my rolling list: Chase good failure Avoid bad failure Know the difference! Do even more good failure Do less bad failure while you do so< Always have a backup plan Test your backup plan Make that plan, plan B Don't fear to change Fear not changing! Change faster Know what to change Know what not to change Do many new things Avoid the old things Put in the work Work harder Know when not to work Chase ideas Keep reinventing your ideas When you are stuck, find a new idea Don't get stuck on one idea Let go of your best ideas Because there is always a better idea Take the lumps Learn from the lumps Don't fear your failures Celebrate your successes Get inspired by others View your success as an iterative voyage Learn what you don't know Know what you don't know Unlearn what you do know Know what you need to know next Know what's next Get involved with that next Challenge your assumptions Eliminate your habits Get out of your rut Find a new rut and make it a temporary one Rethink your dumb ideas - they are a starting point for a great idea Find the smart idea within the dumb idea Recognize that it might not be a dumb idea after all Listen more Listen to the right people Avoid the negative people Find inspiration in inspirational people Know who those people are Get rid of the toxic ones At the same time, inspire others Find the power of the crowd Learn to work the power of the crowd Give back to the crowd Always find a new crowd Don't assume you have the solution But make sure you can identify the problem Try something that works When it doesn't work, try a new thing Only do that new thing for a while and then find another new thing Have an inventory of new things Nurture those new things with your imagination Recognize that your imagination is your most important asset So dream more Dream big Dream of things that other people say are crazy Do more crazy But recognize it's not crazy - it's innovation So innovate more! Innovate simply to innovate - forget a goal Change your goals Have multiple goals Abandon goals faster in place of new ones Learn more Learn more faster Know faster what you need to learn faster Learn just-in-time Develop skills to learn-just-in-time Observe more Observe the right things Don't observe what doesn't matter Know what doesn't matter Waste time Do frivolous things Make them less frivolous - make them real Stop making excuses Stop blaming others Abandon the whole idea of excuses Start moving Make action your oxygen Be horrified by your inaction Admit when you were wrong Know when you were wrong Fix those wrongs Know how to get your trainwreck back on track Help others get back on track Know what the track forward should be Never go back to the other track Chase optimism Nurture your optimism Make 'oops' your personal mantra Know that good failure is good for you And there you are! 101 ideas to start your day! --- Source: https://jimcarroll.com/2023/04/daily-inspiration-chase-good-failure/