What’s in a word? Failure by any other name would be defeat. Is it the weight we give certain words, the context or the negative connotation with which they’re addressed? Does someone have the right ...

There’s a stigma against failure. Beliefs that “It can’t happen to me.” “It shouldn’t.” “It won’t.” It does. No matter who you are, what you do, how you do it, where you do it — failure is waiting.

Steve Murphy is the CEO of Epicor, a global leader providing flexible, industry-specific software designed around its customers' needs. Do you want to build a successful career in business? Then, ...

Failure is fashionable. It’s a poor conference or meeting that doesn’t have someone celebrating the delights of failure and its improving lessons. "Fail Fast" is a popular business mantra, and many a ...

Failure can be a student’s best teacher—but only if educators know how to use it. “In the past, much of how we designed for learning and growth was without failure altogether. Then people started ...

We humans don’t learn as easily as we should. We learn better from direct experience than from others. And we learn better from failure than from success. Why is that? What exactly do we learn after ...

Robert Kunzman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In the world of professional sports, failure isn’t just a possibility; it’s a guarantee. The best athletes I’ve seen during my 15-year career in professional sports understand that success is not the ...