Disruptive Success is 99% Failure Forward VadiK Inventor Author Founder   This isn't a rule, but it's statistical: a noble error makes up 99% of the delicious brew of success. Learn from feedback to fail forward and restart smarter. Treat every failure as a deblinder, a sparring partner, and a wise guide – and it becomes a step upward.   If you create something unseen before, prepare to address challenges unmet earlier ~ Vadim Kotelnikov   Let's accept it – proactive futuring is risky. Results of venturepreneurial experiments are next--to-impossible to predict because they are steps into a terra incognita. We have to deal with never-seen-before situations.   Know the enemies of innovation and prepare to conquer them. Know why so many new products fail and prepare to overcome barriers to success. VadiK Inventor Author Founder Unhappy people focus on the hurt and continue to suffer. Happy people focus on the lesson and continue to grow. ~ Vadim Kotelnikov   Attitude is the difference that makes the difference. Winners see challenges as opportunities, losers see them as problems. The achievement attitude helps turn failures into success, setbacks into victories, ordinary landscapes into discoveries, and storms into a fair wind.       Beware of Metaphorical Cemeteries       Good-enoughs are cemeteries of the bests. Risk aversion cultures are cemeteries of experimentations and discoveries. Giving-ups are cemeteries of breakthroughs, victories, and celebrations.     "No plan survives first contact with the enemy," said Carl von Clausewitz. The three main types of enemies of a venture are: 1. Fuzziness; 2. Resistance; 3. Counterattacks.   5 Risks Faced by Startup Firms 10 Rules for a Successful Startup     Jump in! Failing forward... What have you learned to succeed even more? With the mindset of 'failing forward' you can turn every failure into a stepping stone for success in the future. Many companies do.   Freedom to Fail Noble Failure Examples Experimentation Virtuous Spiral     Disruptive success is 99% failure forward   Disruptive Creativity Turn Failures To Opportunities Turn Problems To Opportunities Examples   See farther by standing on "the shoulders of giants"   Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved. Lao Tzu Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success. Robert Kiyosaki Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford Success is 99% failure. Soichiro Honda I have not failed 700 times. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work. Thomas Edison I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, and the truth comes to me. Albert Einstein Encourage people to take risk. Make sure that people aren't afraid of the possibility of failure, do a lot of experiments and learn from failures. Michael Dell   There Is No Failure, Only Feedback To err is human. If there is no mistake, there is no initiative. Not to admit a mistake or a failure is a sign of weakness. Remember always the NLP presupposition: "There is no failure, only feedback." Through mistakes to success – that's really what experience means. Mistakes can be your most effective teacher. "Just like a great building stands on a strong foundation, so does success. And the foundation of success is attitude."   Experimentation with Business Opportunities Be a Winner Prepare to Win Can-Do Attitude Waltz Up with Everything Ask Learning SWOT Questions       How to use this information       ① "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." ~ Bruce Lee ② Sleep on this information – your powerful superconscious mind will tell you how to use it when you wake up   Slides   DYY – Do Yourself Yourself   Notes