#14 How to Turn Failure into Success

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Have you ever heard of a failure resume?

The idea behind a failure resume is to track those times we didn't quite hit the mark.

Reflecting on these moments can be beneficial lessons learned.

Here's a little something from my failure resume:

I got my first chance to be a “floor director” during a live video shoot.

Among other things, my job was to count down the talent.

I was on set, I couldn’t speak so I counted down the talent this way:

“5…4…3” (and then a silent) “2…1” with a finger point to on-camera talent

I counted down properly, and the talent was rolling.

30 seconds into the shoot, the director said something from his soundproof booth into my headset. I thought he was speaking to me. I responded out loud,

“What did you say?”

It stopped the entire shoot.

The crew glared at me, the director was furious, and I wanted to disappear.

But this failure taught me an important lesson.

Now, when I interview people, I stay completely silent until they finish speaking.

And even after they are done speaking, I give it another full beat, just to be doubly sure that I'm not talking over them.

That failure happened 25 years ago. I think about it today.

What are some of the lessons in your failure resume?

How did they help shape what you are today?

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