If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count

by Dave Guymon

IT'S TIME TO MAKE YOUR IDEAS COUNT! They do, don't they? "If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count" explains why your ideas count more than ever right now and why you have the responsibility of taking chances. In "If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count" you will meet people who have failed until they didn't anymore; people like J.K. Rowling, Tony Hsieh, Mister Rogers, and Steve Jobs. "If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count" tells their inspirational stories and focuses on the success principles of their innovation and entrepreneurship that led them from being good to great. Whether you are an artist, an executive, a teacher, or just someone with a passion for life, "If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count" will inspire you to launch your ideas, whether they are funding a start-up, writing a bestseller, creating a campaign, or lifestyle design. "If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count"isn't about the secret to success. The secret to success is that there are no secrets. "If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count" is about creativity, innovation, the power of habit, and facing the fear of uncertainty and failure. Perhaps there is one secret. It's that failure isn't actually a bad thing. Instead of being the termination of goals, failure is a confirmation that what you're doing is meaningful and worthwhile. Failure doesn't mean stop. It means keep going. Are you afraid of failure actually failing? Then "If You Can't Fail, It Doesn't Count" is just the book for you.

210 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 2013

Reviews

[Susie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book seemed a bit repetitive at times, but it relates many worthwhile stories. Guymon definitely has a point to make, and it dovetailed nicely with a point that was made over and over again at ISTE (where I learned about this) Why are students so willing to do things like play games, where 80% of the time they fail? Why can't we make education more like that, where they will keep trying? Guymon provides many stories that could be used separately or as reinforcements. His own process of taking a chance by writing the book is authentic testimony!
(Interesting that this is the second book in a row I'm reading that refers to "flow", although Guymon doesn't name Csikszentmihalyi)

[Julia Katic · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book - gives me courage to push the comfort zone. MUST read