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Am I Still a Leader If I Fail?

Mark Hunter - 1 February 2019

How would you answer that question? My response would be that there’s nothing wrong with failure. It doesn’t hinder your ability to be a leader. I would like to go even one step further and congratulate you for failing, because that shows that you tried. Life is not about avoiding risk. Life is about optimizing risk.
CBInsights recently published a great article that highlights nearly 150 failures businesses have made. I’d love for you to take a few minutes and read it for yourself. Then, come on back to this article. Read it here!
Now, what stood out to you as you reviewed that list of failures? For me, it was the number of failures some of the biggest and best corporations have had. The list is littered with products created by Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft. This is interesting, because each of these companies has been highly successful. Often, these companies

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