Comments on: Aim to Fail http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank XG http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-185494 Frank XG Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:51:02 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-185494 You know, I thank you for this post, it gives me back the energy I need to keep doing thinks, not only in languages, let's fail to succeed!! I'm back in the game! >:)  You know, I thank you for this post, it gives me back the energy I need to keep doing thinks, not only in languages, let’s fail to succeed!! I’m back in the game! >:) 

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]]> By: Aaron http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-178998 Aaron Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:45:53 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-178998 I've failed for 9 months. But that 9 months has led to resilience, improvement, and what not...Failing is cool. Its the prerequisite to success, just like pre-calculus is to calculus I’ve failed for 9 months. But that 9 months has led to resilience, improvement, and what not…Failing is cool. Its the prerequisite to success, just like pre-calculus is to calculus

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]]> By: Hacking a language http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-176708 Hacking a language Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:10:21 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-176708 Of course, before I aimed to fail, and I really did fail >< now i apply your method,success is now what im attaining XD Of course, before I aimed to fail, and I really did fail >< now i apply your method,success is now what im attaining XD

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]]> By: Don’t Have High Standards, Have Wide Standards | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-174882 Don’t Have High Standards, Have Wide Standards | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:51:11 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-174882 [...] ■Aim To Fail [...] [...] ■Aim To Fail [...]

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]]> By: Not Nothing | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-139558 Not Nothing | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:18:01 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-139558 [...] ■Aim To Fail [...] [...] ■Aim To Fail [...]

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]]> By: The Djinni’s Cave! 封印洞窟 « Chinese Through FFIII http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-135826 The Djinni’s Cave! 封印洞窟 « Chinese Through FFIII Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:14:13 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-135826 [...] an obvious lesson that many many others have already talked about, as seen here and here,  but it’s also one I tend to forget a [...] [...] an obvious lesson that many many others have already talked about, as seen here and here,  but it’s also one I tend to forget a [...]

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]]> By: Practice Time, Game Time | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-132505 Practice Time, Game Time | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:16:10 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-132505 [...] ■Aim To Fail [...] [...] ■Aim To Fail [...]

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]]> By: ash http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-120671 ash Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:59:37 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-120671 There is a great book on this topic called Failing Forward by John Maxwell. There is a great book on this topic called Failing Forward by John Maxwell.

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]]> By: Chagami http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-120009 Chagami Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:30:44 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-120009 Reference my other comment: http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/about#comment-120008 Reference my other comment: www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/about#comment-120008

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]]> By: Sam http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-119870 Sam Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:22:05 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-119870 your lifestyleis disgusting your lifestyleis disgusting

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]]> By: Santiago Madrigal http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-97444 Santiago Madrigal Wed, 11 May 2011 20:07:13 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-97444 Well, I agree in that failure does not lead to success; it's just that failure is a completely unavoidable part of the process of growing and eventually succeeding. Also, from each failure a lesson can be learned, and that kind insight helps us to not fail or commit related mistakes again. Failure IS part of the process, and what I understand from Khatz's message is to just embrace the darn thing and not let it depress us or stop us. You don't become "the best" at something because you failed a lot; you become the best because you TRIED THE MOST!(it's just that most of those tries happened to be failures :D) Well, I agree in that failure does not lead to success; it’s just that failure is a completely unavoidable part of the process of growing and eventually succeeding. Also, from each failure a lesson can be learned, and that kind insight helps us to not fail or commit related mistakes again. Failure IS part of the process, and what I understand from Khatz’s message is to just embrace the darn thing and not let it depress us or stop us.

You don’t become “the best” at something because you failed a lot; you become the best because you TRIED THE MOST!(it’s just that most of those tries happened to be failures :D )

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]]> By: Japanese Language Resources http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-83897 Japanese Language Resources Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:54:13 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-83897 [...] difficulties of learning a language.  One of the first things on his website is a section titled “Aim To Fail” in which he details that you shouldn’t expect to learn everything first time and never fail [...] [...] difficulties of learning a language.  One of the first things on his website is a section titled “Aim To Fail” in which he details that you shouldn’t expect to learn everything first time and never fail [...]

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]]> By: Ken http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-74315 Ken Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:59:47 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-74315 "More than five thousand failures. I’ve been wrong more times than there are stars in the sky visible to the naked eye [someone please check this]" According to Pedia の Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars), "To the naked-目 on a clear dark 夜, the total number of 星 visible is about 6,500". But you wrote this article back in 2009年, so I'm sure you've failed that much by 今! :-) “More than five thousand failures. I’ve been wrong more times than there are stars in the sky visible to the naked eye [someone please check this]”

According to Pedia の Wiki (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brightest_stars), “To the naked-目 on a clear dark 夜, the total number of 星 visible is about 6,500″. But you wrote this article back in 2009年, so I’m sure you’ve failed that much by 今! :-)

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]]> By: Ro http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-74283 Ro Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:47:21 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-74283 Babe Ruth: 1,330 strikeouts. Michael Jordan: over 9,000 missed shots. Barry Sanders: 1,114 total yards lost (the NFL's all-time leader in negative yardage). The lesson? "Greatness courts failure." -Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy Babe Ruth: 1,330 strikeouts. Michael Jordan: over 9,000 missed shots. Barry Sanders: 1,114 total yards lost (the NFL’s all-time leader in negative yardage). The lesson? “Greatness courts failure.” -Roy ‘Tin Cup’ McAvoy

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]]> By: That’s Not Your Job | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-64710 That’s Not Your Job | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:04:55 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-64710 [...] ■Aim To Fail [...] [...] ■Aim To Fail [...]

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]]> By: Birthlines, Part 4: If You Want to Succeed, Start Off On The Wrong Foot | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-57317 Birthlines, Part 4: If You Want to Succeed, Start Off On The Wrong Foot | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:14:28 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-57317 [...] Don’t score. Dribble. Don’t knock out. Jab. Don’t hit the target. Just shoot lots of bullets. [...] [...] Don’t score. Dribble. Don’t knock out. Jab. Don’t hit the target. Just shoot lots of bullets. [...]

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]]> By: Birthlines, Part 3: If You Want To Win, Stop Trying To Finish | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-57306 Birthlines, Part 3: If You Want To Win, Stop Trying To Finish | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:01:22 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-57306 [...] does trying to finish things, ironically, lead to failure — and not the good kind of failure (growth-directed failure), but the “yeah, one of these days I’m going to write a novel but until then I’ll [...] [...] does trying to finish things, ironically, lead to failure — and not the good kind of failure (growth-directed failure), but the “yeah, one of these days I’m going to write a novel but until then I’ll [...]

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]]> By: Megan http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-55135 Megan Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:53:15 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-55135 I love your writing style. It's like you're helping us remember your advice because you phrase it in awesome, memorable, funny ways. And the advice (at least the parts I remember, which are the ones that are funny and the ones that are useful... wait, is that all of it?) is very sound. Someone once told me (er... rather, I told some - alot - of people) something that sounds a lot like your advice, for building general self esteem so that they weren't afraid of failure so much. I tell people that I'm the center of the known universe and that I'm pretty sure that, were we to discover more universe, I'd still be smack-dab in the center... but that I'm not being arrogant because I only mean it geographically. The point being, it's exaggerated in such a way verbally and (the way I say it) said in such a way as to be very obviously a joke, to save you from really being arrogant. At the same time, it gets you to thinking: while I may not be the center of the known universe, surely I'm am worth something. It's not exactly a conscious thought. It just sorta creeps in there, like you have tricked yourself into better self esteem by being silly and making people laugh. Thought you might like hearing that. I love your writing style. It’s like you’re helping us remember your advice because you phrase it in awesome, memorable, funny ways. And the advice (at least the parts I remember, which are the ones that are funny and the ones that are useful… wait, is that all of it?) is very sound.

Someone once told me (er… rather, I told some – alot – of people) something that sounds a lot like your advice, for building general self esteem so that they weren’t afraid of failure so much. I tell people that I’m the center of the known universe and that I’m pretty sure that, were we to discover more universe, I’d still be smack-dab in the center… but that I’m not being arrogant because I only mean it geographically.

The point being, it’s exaggerated in such a way verbally and (the way I say it) said in such a way as to be very obviously a joke, to save you from really being arrogant. At the same time, it gets you to thinking: while I may not be the center of the known universe, surely I’m am worth something. It’s not exactly a conscious thought. It just sorta creeps in there, like you have tricked yourself into better self esteem by being silly and making people laugh.

Thought you might like hearing that.

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]]> By: Dave http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-54351 Dave Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:21:12 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-54351 Not failing, but not being <i>afraid</i> to fail, is surely the key, as well as having the resolve to continue in the face of failure. Babe Ruth surely was not afraid to fail, to swing the bat each time with such all or nothing commitment! From my own life, I remember spending a few weeks practising with a pair of nunchaku, somewhat informally, but with great fervour. I was shown some basic techniques by someone who had been spinning them for many years, and we were both surprised to find that I surpassed him in a matter of days. Not least of all me, because I was astounded by his ability when I first watched him. We determined between us that the reason for this was not that I was more gifted, but simply that I had overcome the fear of hurting myself and he had not. He had injured himself many times over of course, but never actually abandoned the fear of it. On the other, after learning some basics, I had identified this as an issue, and made a conscious decision to get past it - by hitting myself a few times in the head and face! Once I knew how much it would hurt and that I could withstand it, I no longer had any fear of it happening. Then progress came rapidly after that. Amusingly, it turned out that it was to be hitting yourself in the hipbone that *really* hurt, and this was not something I had prepared for. Oww! But by this point, I was starting to take some pride in what I had achieved and I barely paused to wince in agony. (Okay, I might have had a little sit down). So I guess this means, its a bit stupid to get hung up on getting it wrong when you don't even know what getting it wrong will really be like. And by the time you mess up, you might already have surpassed your expectations. At this point, you will probably be eager for your next mistake, if only just to measure your development in between. Not failing, but not being afraid to fail, is surely the key, as well as having the resolve to continue in the face of failure. Babe Ruth surely was not afraid to fail, to swing the bat each time with such all or nothing commitment!

From my own life, I remember spending a few weeks practising with a pair of nunchaku, somewhat informally, but with great fervour. I was shown some basic techniques by someone who had been spinning them for many years, and we were both surprised to find that I surpassed him in a matter of days. Not least of all me, because I was astounded by his ability when I first watched him.

We determined between us that the reason for this was not that I was more gifted, but simply that I had overcome the fear of hurting myself and he had not. He had injured himself many times over of course, but never actually abandoned the fear of it. On the other, after learning some basics, I had identified this as an issue, and made a conscious decision to get past it – by hitting myself a few times in the head and face! Once I knew how much it would hurt and that I could withstand it, I no longer had any fear of it happening. Then progress came rapidly after that.

Amusingly, it turned out that it was to be hitting yourself in the hipbone that *really* hurt, and this was not something I had prepared for. Oww! But by this point, I was starting to take some pride in what I had achieved and I barely paused to wince in agony. (Okay, I might have had a little sit down).

So I guess this means, its a bit stupid to get hung up on getting it wrong when you don’t even know what getting it wrong will really be like. And by the time you mess up, you might already have surpassed your expectations. At this point, you will probably be eager for your next mistake, if only just to measure your development in between.

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]]> By: Elaine http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/aim-to-fail#comment-50646 Elaine Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:51:36 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=383#comment-50646 They're like battle scars! :D They’re like battle scars! :D

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