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What do you do after you fail?

By Becky McCray

I heard these thoughts about failure on Twitter today, and wanted to share them with you, too. It may help to know that Twitter is a messaging system, with a 140 character limit on message size and rather informal. You’ll find me there, too. These are unedited, just as they appeared. I bolded a few […]

July 13, 2007 Filed Under: failure, success

Success sometimes begins with failure

By Becky McCray

“Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure.”– Erik Weihenmayer I have written a whole series on failure, as part of my […]

June 26, 2007 Filed Under: failure, success

Failure Quote: The failures have done more for me

By Becky McCray

The very wise Rex Hammock recently pulled up something he wrote in 2000: Even smart businesses managed by smart individuals and smart investors die. Businesses start and die every day. They always have. They always will. I am old enough – and have been fortunate enough – to have succeeded significantly and failed miserably and […]

May 31, 2007 Filed Under: failure, success

Failure Quote: Go from failure to failure

By Becky McCray

“Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm”Winston Churchill We are fascinated by quotes and stories of failure; we have a whole series on it. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

April 6, 2007 Filed Under: failure, success

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