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I was reading this article about Billionaire, Sara Blakely. The most interesting part to me was how her Dad always asked them at the dinner table, ‘what did you fail at today?’ like another person might ask their kids what they did that day. And that he was disappointed if there was nothing.
And I thought that was pretty cool. To be taught to fail big, even at a young age.
To take great giant leaps. To be fearless. To be reckless. And to sometimes fall. And get up and do it all over again.
I think it’s a bit bizarre, to be honest. I mean, asking your kids that every day and expecting a failure? Feels a bit awkward to me, a bit contrived in the ol’ parenting stakes. Probably just me! x
I think that was the point though, failure isn’t failure alot of the time, it’s just stretching yourself. I think it was less about expecting failure and more about looking at it as a positive thing. That was my take on it anyway!
I recently told A that I didn’t think she’d tried her best at something, and the reaction from other mums around was actual audible gasps. I really believe that kids (and adults) need to know when they don’t do something very well – not because they should be told they’re crap, but so they strive to get better.