“Failure”
By: Justin Waggoner, Ph.D., Beef Systems Specialist
Leadership and management are evaluated by an organization or operation’s successes. However, the path to success often involves failure. Everyone hates to fail. However, failure is an excellent teacher and the simple truth is that we learn more from our failures than we do our successes. One of the traits many successful people possess is that they did not let fear of failure exceed their desire to succeed. History is full of leaders who were quite familiar with failure. However, when they made a mistake, they learned from it, moved on and didn’t let it happen again. Additionally, great leaders in the business world recognize that department or unit managers don’t always succeed and that failure is an unfortunate, but necessary component of empowering and cultivating good managers within the organization.
“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, author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”‐ Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb
For more information, contact Justin Waggoner at jwaggon@ksu.edu.
