Comments on: Maybe Your Blog Needs to Fail

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:53:30 +0000

No problem… and I’m pretty sure it’s half-full!

By: Erika Martinez

Erika Martinez — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:43:52 +0000

So true, Brandon. Accepting failure, not matter your place in life is difficult, but like everything else it’s about your outlook on things. Is the glass half empty or half full?

Thanks for another great post, Brandon.

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:47:47 +0000

Thanks so much for that Ted!

By: Ted Rex

Ted Rex — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:02:12 +0000

Great post: addresses something we would rather not consider. I made this one of my three links on my Design Thought for the Day blog:
http://designthoughtfortheday.blogspot.com/2010/02/02-05-blog-fail-ftw-tools-for-better.html

All the best, Ted

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By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:41:31 +0000

That’s a good quote – “It’s good to fail so you know how good it feels to win.” Excellent point!

By: Benjamin Rama

Benjamin Rama — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:41:16 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more – I’m glad I found this, I always get the sense I need to improve and thank myself I do – I think this mentality is good in balance

We definitely learn a whole lot more from our mistakes than success – as long as the overall trend is towards success – the success we have defined

As they say its good to fail so you know how good it feels to win

thanks Brandon

Ben

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Top Ten Re-Tweets Of The Week #3 | Design by Firgs — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:07:05 +0000

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By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:14:40 +0000

I do in the video and here – that to “fail” is to make a mistake from which we can learn to improve ourselves.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:22:19 +0000

define “fail”…

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:06:56 +0000

That’s an excellent point, and success would also be harder to define if not for the backdrop of failure.

By: greven

greven — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:37:14 +0000

Great post, Brandon. Loved the video. Really nice points in it.

Failing is easy, it’s getting up that is hard.

I see failure as the counterpart to success, if failure didn’t exist, success wouldn’t be as gratifying as it can be.

By: You Deserve to Succeed

You Deserve to Succeed — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:51:08 +0000

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By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:47:24 +0000

Absolutely, Michelle, and thanks!