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“Whenever we attempt to do something and fail, we end up doing something else. That is the first principle of creative accident. Failure can be productive only if we do not focus on it as an unproductive result. Instead: analyze the process, its components, and how you can change them, to arrive at other results. Do not ask the question ‘Why have I failed?’, but rather ‘What have I done?’
Quotation by Michael Michalko, Author of Thinking Like a Genius: Eight strategies used by the super creative, from Aristotle and Leonardo to Einstein and Edison.
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Can I put Michael Michalko ’s wise words into practice and share my 3 favourite blogging failures with you? This blog was supposed to be up and runnning in 2006. That never happened. Here’s why.
Failure#1: I Made A Dumb Designer Decision
I hired a designer and paid him some money. Nothing wrong with that. My big mistake was to hire a designer who didn’t deliver the work. Net result? much gnashing of teeth and frustration on my part. During that time, I regularly failed to observe my 7 Laws of Emotional Intelligence. 
However, by the time I did get going, I had a much better idea of what I was trying to do (do I hear you saying “oh really?”).
I spent the downtime learning and participating at some great blogs, the most useful of which was Dr. Ellen Weber’s Brain Based Business.
I eventually escaped blog design hell and found and worked with Chris Garrett, who designed this site. He did a great job with a minimum of fuss and he continues to be supportive (just yesterday he steered me through another Wordpress upgrade).
Failure#2 I Killed The First Comment That I Received
When you start a new blog, readers’ comments are like gold dust aren’t they? So if a blogger told you that he’d mastered Wordpress so well that he expertly deleted the first
comment that he received what would you think?
And if the person told you that he persevered and asked the commenter to try again, which she kindly did, you’d know that the blogger was determined, right?
But what if he stepped up boldly to the plate once more and …deleted the comment again ?
I was blessed because and the amazingly patient and supportive Dr. Robyn McMaster from the Brain Based Biz Blog was kind enough to post her comment one more time.
Failure#3 I Threw Too Many Ideas At You At Once
I’ve got lots more to choose from. I began to realise that throwing a trailer load of ideas at you all at once might not be the best way to encourage you to visit Tune up your EQ, so I began to slow down a little and aim to break the information down into (hopefully) more digestible parts.
I don’t like making mistakes, (do any of you?) The only person who doesn’t fail at some point in the day is the person who doesn’t get out of bed in the morning. I aim to learn from my failures. As time goes by I appreciate the learning lessons that came from the three failures that I’ve shared with you and I seek to do things differently because of what I’ve learned.
What Do You Think?
Please let me know how you feel about this blog, mistakes I have made and things that I could to give you a better experience. Make a comment in the comment box, or send me an email by completing the contact form directly below this article.
Thank you
PS Can I suggest that you have another look at the quote at the top of this article? Those are very wise words.
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