I used to think failure meant I wasn’t good enough. Then I bombed my first improv show – publicly, awkwardly, thoroughly (if you’re interested, you can read all about it in the article that I did with Bold Journey here.
And something funny happened: It didn’t turn me off from improv, it was actually why I kept going. It didn’t feel like a breakthrough at the time, but it rewired something. Now I see failure less as a stop sign and more as a feedback loop. Trying and missing is still movement. It’s information. It’s progress. Especially for leaders – we can’t innovate if we’re only chasing certainty.
I’m curious to know in the comments for this article: Has a misstep ever taught you more than a win?
Let’s chat about it!
– Erin Diehl, improve it!