Comments on: failure is an option

By: DougV

DougV — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:45:36 +0000

It’s disappointing to see the Gapingvoid blog languishing, replaced by snarky little Twitter posts. Maybe I’m missing the point but Twitter doesn’t seem to allow much depth– it’s more like listening to a bunch of truckers on their CB radios. I appreciate the immediacy, but there’s a tradeoff..

By: BHIPro Interactive

BHIPro Interactive — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:57:34 +0000

Of course, great Generals always say things like, We will win this war or This is or fight, err, rather, they just wanna sound cool. But we’ve gotta’ give them credit they have immeasurable will to win despite the odds that failure was very like to happen.

By: latinbombshell

latinbombshell — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:17:48 +0000

We can turn this around: failure is not option, but success is!

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:44:45 +0000

Don’t fail.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:17:29 +0000

if you don’t fail, you never learn…look forward to seeing u soon!

By: Rogers Place

Rogers Place — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:52:05 +0000

Sometimes “failure” leads one to find out want went wrong, tackle that issue and rise to the top.

By: K

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:53:34 +0000

Managing the downside is key in project management.
Minimizing losses is key to investing
(Buffett and his rule #1).
Heck, its key to life.
Would love to not have failure as an option.
Unfortunately, not gonna happen.

By: Hobo Stripper

Hobo Stripper — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:50:37 +0000

So true. Failing is important. And “fail fast and adapt” is perfect.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:59:17 +0000

My problem with the sort of people who say ‘Failure is not an option’ is that they’re invariably the same people who said, two paragraphs earlier, that they want bold, risk-taking approaches.

By: Giorgio

Giorgio — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:17:05 +0000

Tibor Kalman: “Success = Boredom”

By: cynthia

cynthia — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:54:37 +0000

there’s a big difference between the word ‘option’ and ‘possibility’–failure is always a possibility, but may or may not be an option.

By: trm

trm — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:32:09 +0000

Well, I’d argue that if you can not imagine the circumstances under which you would select failure then it is not an option.
It is, however, always a possibility.
And the annoying thing about the “failure is not an option” people is that they are invariably the ones least willing to deliver the intellectual and physical juice to lessen the probability of failure. (c.f., the Hitler anecdote)
Dude: Failure is not an option!!
You: Then what are you willing to do?

By: Gerard van Schip

Gerard van Schip — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:23:55 +0000

Wanted to comment on how much I like this post on Twitter but you aint added me yet
It rocks, you post that is.