Can you embrace the need to fail?

How can you become more okay with the inevitable mistakes that come with learning? In this episode of Doing What Works, we'll share some ideas. Like asking yourself how many perfect days you remember, as opposed to those that went horribly awry and are increasingly hilarious in the retelling. Like remembering how excited you are when Broadway performers mess up, because it reminds you that you're getting a one-of-a-kind performance from real people as opposed to robots. Like going out to dinner or giving each other presents when things go wrong. You get the idea. Mistakes endear you to people because they aren't perfect, either.

Here are your show notes...

Sasha Dichter [https://sashadichter.com/] is the dad who has a daughter who chuckles when she makes a mistake during piano practice [https://sashadichter.com/2018/10/09/the-right-reaction-to-a-mistake/].

"Exposure teaches" is from Rich Gallagher [https://www.pointofcontactgroup.com/].

"Put yourself in situations where you aren't the smartest person in the room" is from Sally Hogshead [https://www.sallyhogshead.com/].

The story about the young Broadway performer who took "the show must go on" to a bit of an extreme [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1NKLjW2aR4] is from Gretchen Rubin [https://gretchenrubin.com/].

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big [https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still-ebook/dp/B00COOFBA4] is by Dilbert creator Scott Adams [https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays].

"Boy, when you pick a lost cause, you really commit" is from Robots [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358082/].

"There's no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing" is from The Art of Possibility [https://www.amazon.com/Art-Possibility-Transforming-Professional-Personal/dp/0142001104], by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander. That book also summarizes choreographer Martha Graham's advice to letter to another choreographer, Agnes de Mille -- and you can learn more about that [https://jamesclear.com/quality-comparison] from the writer James Clear [https://jamesclear.com/].

"Is This Anything?" was a Late Show with David Letterman skit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_David_Letterman_sketches].

Jane Drake Brody is an acting and life coach [https://www.janedrakebrody.com/].

"Babies don't have ulterior motives" is from Dr. Darcia Narvaez [https://darcianarvaez.com/].