Finding the Positives in Your Failures

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Christopher G. Myers
Inc., 2014

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@article{christopher2014a,
  title = {Finding the Positives in Your Failures},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Inc.},
  author = {Myers, Christopher G.}
}

Failure, on its face, doesn't appear to be something all that positive. Working with the Center for Positive Organizations, I always get puzzling looks when I describe my research on how individuals learn from their failed experiences. Indeed, failures and other difficult events don't crop up often in the mental picture many people have of a positive organization; usually people imagine a successful, upbeat workplace with bright walls and happy people. Failure and adversity don't really fit that vision.