How to Motivate Failure
- Trish fails at Task A.
- Manager Bill yells.
- Manager Bill assigns Trish menial work.
What results?
Manager Bill destroys Trish's potential to rock.
- Productivity drains.
- Profits plummet.
- People cry.
How do you optimize Trish after failure?
Simply, do this:
- Give Trish another chance to prove herself.
If you punish failure, people become more focused on failure -- instead of rocking the actual work.
They're thinking:
- "Dude! What if I fail again?"
- "I cannot fail! I will not fail!"
- "I can't make one more mistake!"
Result: they fail.
The Focus Beyond
Instead, when people know failure ain't-no-thing-but-a-chicken-wing-on-a-string, they start focusing on the kick-assing part.
- Full focus: away from failure.
- Full focus: on success.
Win for you, her, and the world.
You ain't no failure! Hooray!
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Posted April 20 in Management, Life |
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If you're not making mistakes youre not trying hard enough!