Your weekly dose of Alluviance!
Approximately every 17th newsletter or so, I get in this strange mood where I want my audience to experience some pain or discomfort. This is one of those newsletters. And today I want you to fail.
In the past, I've written about wanting you to feel stuck, getting some slap-in-the-face feedback, and a several spicy takes like this and this. We need to feel and experience these things to grow. It builds our resolve, fuels us to be better, and it reveals lots and lots of information.
So today I ask you this: what's the last thing you failed at that really meant something to you?
Do you have that example in mind? Good. Now I want you to remember what came next. Did you brush it off? Did you let it eat at you? Did you bury yourself behind busywork so you didn't have to think about it?
I've done all of those and more in the past. But here's what I've come to realize: failure is inevitable, failure is a teacher, and failure is a catalyst.
In the work we do, it's not possible to avoid failure, nor is it recommended to even try. Instead, when failure shows up, we greet it as an old friend. If we are intentional about our failures, learning happens. And if learning happens, then we grow. And growth is what we're ultimately after here.
Failing with intention is what we're after. It's not just about embracing failure but about turning it into a powerful ally. It's about pushing boundaries, finding the gift when we fall short, and knowing that each failure put us one more step ahead. Never waste a good failure!
Remember, the path to mastery is paved with failures. But it's those very failures, combined