• Failure Phobia: How Avoiding Risks Stifles Growth

  • Mar 19 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
  • Podcast

Failure Phobia: How Avoiding Risks Stifles Growth

  • Summary

  • In Episode 12 of 'Do You Even Fail?', we dive into the bustling world of saturated markets and the intricacies of business growth—both the top line and bottom line. We explore the dynamic growth curves businesses experience and debate the value of an MBA compared to the experience of military officers. Our guest, Aaron, opens up about his aversion to failure, how being risk-averse has impacted his personal and professional growth, and his passionate relationship with basketball. Despite his love for the game, Aaron shares his disdain for losing, reflecting on his childhood as the perpetual underdog playing against his older brother and friends. This episode unravels the complex equation of failure equating to losing, Aaron's meticulous method of weighing risks, and his personal journey from viewing failure solely as a defeat to seeing it as a valuable lesson. Tune in to discover how Aaron developed a formula for himself and his team to 'safely fail' and turn setbacks into strategic steps forward.

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