Fail Forward Week (October 9-13, 2023)
Everyone fails at something. 聽Most of us fail quite frequently. The good news is that failure is the way the human brain learns best. 聽Through failure, we identify and focus on areas where we can improve. Failure encourages us to find new approaches to something and to change things. It invokes creativity and new thought patterns. We learn and grow from our failures.
Fail Forward Week is a time to stop and reflect on the positive outcomes of failure and the necessity of failure in life. The challenge is not whether you can manage never to fail — you will fail at something — but how you respond to your failures.
When asked about failure, the prolific 20th C Irish author Samuel Beckett said:聽“No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
Join us in celebrating our failures聽and finding ways to fail forward!
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Check out more resources on how failure can be a positive step forward!
, on Edutopia 聽(articles for instructors and activities)
Fail Forward Week聽at 小草影院 is sponsored by: 小草影院 Student Success, Learning Communities, the Norbert O. Schedler Honors College, and the Department of Student Transitions.