... the circumstances surrounding the attack. When the 9-11 commission report was published, it said, "The most important failure was one of imagination." It added, "We do not believe leaders understood the gravity of the threat." Unfortunately, it appears as though in addition to a failure of imagination, our current leaders have a lack of understanding.

So, yesterday’s post discussed the option of failure. Thus, it makes sense to discuss the “cost” today. And, I made a reference that I believe homeschoolers are very bad about not allowing their children the chance to fail.  But, I believe just regular ole parents are guilty of this crime as well. And there’s darn good reason for

... the case of a young girl who was taken back to spend time with her abusive stepmother on the advice of a clueless social worker (who, I wager £10, will not face any disciplinary proceedings whatsoever). They police officer involved didn't take action because of this 'failure of communication'. Ye Gods! If they even consider saying 'lessons have been learnt', I'll throw up!

... I'm charging. Not only that, but my last two launches were considerably more successful than that earlier failure. I believe Cold to Gold, on the other hand, will be my most successful launch ever. Why? ... a pal of mine who lives in the Bay Area!) The reason why failure isn't as bad as you think, seriously, is because you can learn from these failures and use these experiences to craft ...

... happy with your purchase? What are the elements of the opportunity cost of IT failure? Are organisations aware of this or do they just try not to acknowledge it? When a large, complex, ... projects may be smaller than their US counterparts, but they are still well into the complexity ranges where failure is likely. I don't have figures to do a more precise calculation. I could be off by 20 ...

... failures that happened along their path. For some reason we think we need to be immune from failure if we are to amount to anything in our careers, our businesses, our lives. Yet the very opposite ... success. If you are afraid to make a move because you fear failure, get over it. I'm here to tell you that you will fail, at something. It may be big, it may be small, or it may be colossally ...