10 Lessons Learned From the Book “Fail Fast, Fail Often”

How Losing Can Make You Win.

Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez
4 min readMar 21, 2020

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When we were children, society taught us to be the first in everything we do. But since not everyone can be the winner, we learned to be ashamed and afraid to fail.

Imagine if you could turn this around and learn “How Losing Can Make You Win.” Ryan Babineaux, Ph.D., and John Krumboltz, Ph.D., explain how we can achieve these in their bestseller book Fail Fast, Fail Often.”

Here are the ten lessons I’ve learned from the book:

1.- Make Things Happen; Don’t Wait for Them.

Most people won’t make a change in their lives, primarily because of fear, so they try to make unrealistic plans, also known as the “not-yet approach.” They want to succeed but are afraid of failing, changing their way of thinking, finding happiness in the present, and not waiting for a future to make them happy.

Start with little things like having a walk, read something you want, take a break, or talk to someone, and create beautiful moments.

2.- A Fun Life Will…

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Jose Luis Ontanon Nunez

Industrial Designer & Communication Coach. Dyslexia, History, & Trivia Writer. Father/Pet Lover — Top 1000 Writer, also on #Books, #Movies, #Reading & #Writing