http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beat-failure-wall-20130127,0,691052.story
Telling our failures to others is a difficult thing to do, how about writing them on a board for everyone to see. That is exactly what Jeff Stibel did at his company. Stibel is the chef executive at Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp. in Malibu. Every so often he has his employes write down their failures on a white board. This helps the employes recognize what they are doing wrong and hopefully learning from it. Stibel says "Why not encourage creative risk by embracing failure and the lessons to be learned from them?"Stibel says he loves celebrating but personally it doesnt do much for us. One of Stibel's favorites quotes is by Robert Kennedy "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
This unconventional way of learning is actually very affective. I believe that when we forget how to do something or get something wrong on a test that the next time around I have a certain determination to fix what I have done wrong. I do agree with Stibel's method but I disagree with his notion the celebrating does very little. Celebrating helps boost my confidence. We can all learn from our mistakes and celebrate when we have achieved greatness
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