Comments on: Why winners are all losers! http://www.octane.uk.net/2009/01/why-winners-are-all-losers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-winners-are-all-losers Let's fuel your imagination Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Fairbanks http://www.octane.uk.net/2009/01/why-winners-are-all-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Mark Fairbanks Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:13 +0000 http://www.octane.uk.net/blog/?p=23#comment-623 How true. Yesterday I tweeted this "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." ~Samuel Beckett Pretty much sums it all up with a nice touch of prose to boot. How true.

Yesterday I tweeted this “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ~Samuel Beckett

Pretty much sums it all up with a nice touch of prose to boot.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.octane.uk.net/2009/01/why-winners-are-all-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Wayne Smallman Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:03:22 +0000 http://www.octane.uk.net/blog/?p=23#comment-313 For the past nine years of running Octane, I've been risk averse. There's been a tendency for to find a £10 note and then lose £50 the day after. But I have to overcome that, and conquering the fear of that is crucial. For me at any rate. As I commented elsewhere, I'd rather be a prisoner to my dreams than a prisoner to the weaknesses and iniquities of others... For the past nine years of running Octane, I’ve been risk averse.

There’s been a tendency for to find a £10 note and then lose £50 the day after. But I have to overcome that, and conquering the fear of that is crucial. For me at any rate.

As I commented elsewhere, I’d rather be a prisoner to my dreams than a prisoner to the weaknesses and iniquities of others…

]]> By: Heidi Cool http://www.octane.uk.net/2009/01/why-winners-are-all-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Heidi Cool Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:54:59 +0000 http://www.octane.uk.net/blog/?p=23#comment-306 Peter Drucker once said, "People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. " Tom Peters said "Fear of failure or blame culture penalizes and discourages initiative." The bottom line, as you've so cogently explained, is that we have to take risks to succeed. We have to fail sometimes, and when we do we have to take what we learn from those failures to move forward. I think we're naturally risk averse, so sometimes we're hesitant to take the chances, but that hesitancy can lead us to fail in other ways. We all know and accept that one will fall several times before learning to ride a bicycle, but it's hard to apply that understanding to other more important aspects of our life. Yet if we think back on our successes I think we can all see the tumbles we took along the way. This is a good reminder that we need to keep tumbling to move forward. Peter Drucker once said, “People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. ”

Tom Peters said “Fear of failure or blame culture penalizes and discourages initiative.”

The bottom line, as you’ve so cogently explained, is that we have to take risks to succeed. We have to fail sometimes, and when we do we have to take what we learn from those failures to move forward. I think we’re naturally risk averse, so sometimes we’re hesitant to take the chances, but that hesitancy can lead us to fail in other ways. We all know and accept that one will fall several times before learning to ride a bicycle, but it’s hard to apply that understanding to other more important aspects of our life. Yet if we think back on our successes I think we can all see the tumbles we took along the way. This is a good reminder that we need to keep tumbling to move forward.

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