{"id":18131,"date":"2022-05-20T18:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/productcollective.com\/?p=18131"},"modified":"2022-05-26T13:42:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T13:42:41","slug":"its-ok-to-fail-as-long-as-youre-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/productcollective.com\/its-ok-to-fail-as-long-as-youre-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s OK to fail as long as you&#8217;re learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s anything I\u2019ve ever learned in life, it\u2019s that you\u2019re going to make lots of mistakes. I make a\u00a0<em>lot<\/em>\u00a0of mistakes \u2013 just ask my wife. And while I\u2019d like to think that the more experience I\u2019ve accumulated has made me wiser \u2013 whether it\u2019s as a product person, an entrepreneur, or heck, even a dad and husband \u2013 I still continue to make mistakes in almost every category to this day.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m OK with that.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not whether or not a person\u2019s made mistakes that matters \u2013 it\u2019s whether they\u2019ve\u00a0<em>learned anything<\/em>\u00a0from those mistakes. The best entrepreneurs and product people will be the first to tell you that they\u2019ve taken big risks\u2026 and not all of them have paid off. But the fact that they weren\u2019t afraid to take those risks in the first place is a key trait that likely helps them stand out among their peers. This is probably why Steve Jobs once said, \u201cSometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.\u201d In fact,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/steve-jobs-mistakes-2011-4?op=1\">even Jobs has taken some very big risks and made some big mistakes throughout his career.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When scientists conduct experiments, failure isn\u2019t necessarily\u00a0<em>failure<\/em>. It\u2019s disproving a hypothesis.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fnins.2019.01121\/full\">And scientists see a lot of value in failure<\/a>, as there\u2019s so much to learn from it.<\/p>\n<p>So when you\u2019re thinking about the experiments you\u2019re trying to make as a product person \u2013 don\u2019t be afraid to be bold. Don\u2019t be afraid to do something that pushes the envelope. It\u2019s okay to experiment and fail, but be sure that you\u2019re learning along the way. 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