For people who pioneered a business, the word “fail” is a scary word. Loss of income, loss of pride; maybe it’s something that will be associated with the word “fail”. Like every other young people who live today that has “poisoned” by entrepreneur virus, also as a writer, I also have a small business. I must admit that until now, the business is not growing as expected. The available indicator hasn’t reached a condition referred to as a “success”.
Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, wrote an article titled “How to Fail” in Business Week. He talked about failure faced by him (many times) before finally succeeding with Zynga as one of the largest online game providers in the world. There he wrote a closing that is quite memorable for me. His quote is as follows:
I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don’t understand why you succeeded. You almost always know why you’ve failed. You have a lot of time to think about it.