Ep.02 - From Failure to Growth
Everyone fails at work.Everyone has a story of when they messed up, botched a deliverable, said the wrong thing, pissed off a customer, and so on... In Episode 2 of the Work Flow Podcast, Derek and Sam share some of their biggest failures in their career. What did it feel like to fail? What were the knock on effects? How did they manage through that failure? And most importantly, how did they analyze those failures and use them as learning opportunities.Listeners will leave with some straight forward principles on how to reframe failure into a signal you're on the right path, and feel less alone knowing that failure is actually a GOOD thing, and everyone goes through it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For more tips, frameworks and episode summariesfollow the Work Flow Podcast on Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-work-flow-podcast/?viewAsMember=trueand on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/workflowshow/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(01:30) - Failure story from Derek - "Bite sizable chunks"(03:00) - Failure story from Sam - Accidental Robinhood(07:00) - Flipping failure on its head and realizing it'll be okay(10:20) - Crisis management framework(12:20) - The power of owning your shit(14:15) - Why negative moments imprint more heavily than positive(17:00) - How to take proactive action on resolving moments of failure or missteps(19:00) - Failure is an essential part of the process(23:00) - Comparing failure to evolution to lobster(24:00) - Failure story from Derek - Letting an internal trigger cloud judgement(28:00) - Managing your inner curmudgeon(30:40) - Failure story from Sam - Letting the toxic culture influence your behavior(30:55) - Falling is a part of learning how to walk
Everyone fails at work.
Everyone has a story of when they messed up, botched a deliverable, said the wrong thing, pissed off a customer, and so on...
In Episode 2 of the Work Flow Podcast, Derek and Sam share some of their biggest failures in their career. What did it feel like to fail? What were the knock on effects? How did they manage through that failure? And most importantly, how did they analyze those failures and use them as learning opportunities.
Listeners will leave with some straight forward principles on how to reframe failure into a signal you're on the right path, and feel less alone knowing that failure is actually a GOOD thing, and everyone goes through it.
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For more tips, frameworks and episode summaries
follow the Work Flow Podcast on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-work-flow-podcast/?viewAsMember=true
and on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/workflowshow/
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(01:30) - Failure story from Derek - "Bite sizable chunks"
(03:00) - Failure story from Sam - Accidental Robinhood
(07:00) - Flipping failure on its head and realizing it'll be okay
(10:20) - Crisis management framework
(12:20) - The power of owning your shit
(14:15) - Why negative moments imprint more heavily than positive
(17:00) - How to take proactive action on resolving moments of failure or missteps
(19:00) - Failure is an essential part of the process
(23:00) - Comparing failure to evolution to lobster
(24:00) - Failure story from Derek - Letting an internal trigger cloud judgement
(28:00) - Managing your inner curmudgeon
(30:40) - Failure story from Sam - Letting the toxic culture influence your behavior
(30:55) - Falling is a part of learning how to walk
Everyone has a story of when they messed up, botched a deliverable, said the wrong thing, pissed off a customer, and so on...
In Episode 2 of the Work Flow Podcast, Derek and Sam share some of their biggest failures in their career. What did it feel like to fail? What were the knock on effects? How did they manage through that failure? And most importantly, how did they analyze those failures and use them as learning opportunities.
Listeners will leave with some straight forward principles on how to reframe failure into a signal you're on the right path, and feel less alone knowing that failure is actually a GOOD thing, and everyone goes through it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For more tips, frameworks and episode summaries
follow the Work Flow Podcast on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-work-flow-podcast/?viewAsMember=true
and on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/workflowshow/
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(01:30) - Failure story from Derek - "Bite sizable chunks"
(03:00) - Failure story from Sam - Accidental Robinhood
(07:00) - Flipping failure on its head and realizing it'll be okay
(10:20) - Crisis management framework
(12:20) - The power of owning your shit
(14:15) - Why negative moments imprint more heavily than positive
(17:00) - How to take proactive action on resolving moments of failure or missteps
(19:00) - Failure is an essential part of the process
(23:00) - Comparing failure to evolution to lobster
(24:00) - Failure story from Derek - Letting an internal trigger cloud judgement
(28:00) - Managing your inner curmudgeon
(30:40) - Failure story from Sam - Letting the toxic culture influence your behavior
(30:55) - Falling is a part of learning how to walk
