What if we converted “failure avoidance syndrome” into “failure option syndrome”?

What if we agreed that failure was not only tolerable, but in some ways desirable as a litmus test for how hard we are trying to grow?

For example, students thrive in an Expedition because they build-test-learn their way to better and better answers. They don’t worry about getting a wrong answer. They worry about not getting enough wrong answers—because they need to learn to navigate that ignorance on their way to mastering their problem-solution set. That’s the only way they will have the confidence to share their work with a CEO panel in a public setting.

Accepting “failure avoidance syndrome” is like playing not to lose.

Choosing “failure option syndrome” is like playing to win.

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Each Wednesday we share a “what if” scenario. Consider it a provocation rather than a suggestion.

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