Why failing is important

Bunn

Estonia934 Posts

July 15 2011 15:45 GMT

Hi everyone!

Recently, while browsing on youtube, I found this really good video by Derek Sivers. The video talks about the importance of failing and how practice can overcome even the hardest of challenges(well almost).

I hope this video will inspire some new players and not make them give up on playing SC2(or any other thing) after getting roflstomped.

P.S! Please excuse my bad grammar.

Misanthrope

United States924 Posts

July 15 2011 16:19 GMT

LOL I just wrote this long comment about how this guy's ideas align so well with Josh Waitzkin's while the vid was still going. In case you needed the extra push, The Art of Learning is an absolutely fantastic book and anyone interested in this kind of thing should check it out. Kudos to Day[9] for turning me onto it initially! <3

Also thanks for posting this, it's well made and a subject of fascination for me. The books he recommends I'll definitely be grabbing soon.

micronesia

United States24752 Posts

July 15 2011 16:24 GMT

It's funny someone bumped the standardized testing thread at the same time as you posted this blog, because I hear a lot of people in education arguing that the perpetuated mindset nowadays is that it's not all right for kids to every fail. They say that kids need to be given the option to fail rather than forced not to because they will learn more that way. That's a more macroscopic application of this video I suppose, but I think it's very relevant.

TranceStorm

1616 Posts

July 15 2011 16:59 GMT

Denzel Washington's commencement address at UPenn in May this year was all about how we needed to fail in order to learn. Having the guts to fail is one of the key aspects needed to succeed at most endeavors in life. A transcript of his speech can be found here: http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v57/n34/comm-washington.html.

happyft

United States470 Posts

July 15 2011 18:37 GMT

Thanks for the Derek Sivers share. He has a bunch of other videos on youtube that are just as great.

Personally I prefer Steve Jobs' commencement address to Denzel's, but Denzel's was pretty good too =P

frogmelter

United States971 Posts

July 15 2011 20:12 GMT

Thanks for the share. This is very inspiring. Though I'll probably be applying it more to real life rather than SC lol

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