CHAPTER 7

Developing Your Mind-Set for Implementation

So far, you’ve seen lots of advice about steps to take. This is an ideal moment to consider how you’ll implement them. If you’re ready to swing into action, you face some decisions. Now that you’ve seen the entire set of Fail Better activities, you are equipped with suggestions, examples, guiding questions, and checklists. You’ll be choosing what to try first. But there’s something else you need to do: cultivate your own Fail Better mind-set.

Your workplace interactions, activities, and decisions are shaped by your mind-set—how you approach difficult conversations, select which battles to fight, and make tough trade-offs. Every action you take reveals what you think is important and what you ...

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