Tuesday Quick Tip – Create an Environment Where Failure is Not Fatal

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Years ago, I had a boss named Sal who loved to catch us doing something wrong.  You could do 100 things right and never hear about it, but do just one thing wrong and he’d pounce like a starving mountain lion, screaming his head off and saying, “I knew you’d screw up.”  It wasn’t exactly a relaxed atmosphere.

Sal had created a culture of fear and fear is a de-motivator.  Fear stops people from doing more than they’re capable of doing.  Fear of failure is the biggest obstacle to success.  Fear of getting yelled at, criticized, or treated like an idiot, created an entire company of people whose only goal was NOT to do anything wrong and be noticed.  But it’s almost impossible to do something right if you NEVER do anything wrong.  In order for a company to be great, people have to be willing to take risks and go above and beyond.  If your fear of making a mistake and being singled out is greater than the possible thrill of success, you end up doing nothing.  Imagine if an entire company of people just stops and does the minimum?  I’ve been there and it’s not a pretty site.

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