Comments on: Leadership Caffeine-Character Forged in Defeat http://artpetty.com/2009/10/04/leadership-caffeine-character-forged-in-defeat/ Art Petty on Leadership, Management and Professional Development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim L. http://artpetty.com/2009/10/04/leadership-caffeine-character-forged-in-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-11645 Kim L. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:36:06 +0000 http://artpetty.com/?p=2688#comment-11645 I couldn't agree more with this post. I have always felt that in life, you don't learn the best lessons through success. It is the times that you fail or make mistakes that allow a person to step back and look at both themselves and the situation or system they are involved in to make changes. If a person is always successful, they will think they are perfect. Additionally, faltering and making mistakes allows a person to realize that everyone is human. I think it's the best lesson to learn early -- that mistakes are okay (in most cases), and that the best way to never make the same mistake twice is to learn from it and become better from the situation. At the end of the day, I think that it is more important to look back at what you've learned and how you've grown for both the company you work for and yourself in evaluating your success. I couldn’t agree more with this post. I have always felt that in life, you don’t learn the best lessons through success. It is the times that you fail or make mistakes that allow a person to step back and look at both themselves and the situation or system they are involved in to make changes. If a person is always successful, they will think they are perfect. Additionally, faltering and making mistakes allows a person to realize that everyone is human. I think it’s the best lesson to learn early — that mistakes are okay (in most cases), and that the best way to never make the same mistake twice is to learn from it and become better from the situation. At the end of the day, I think that it is more important to look back at what you’ve learned and how you’ve grown for both the company you work for and yourself in evaluating your success.

]]> By: Gregory Anastassatos http://artpetty.com/2009/10/04/leadership-caffeine-character-forged-in-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-11475 Gregory Anastassatos Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:11:31 +0000 http://artpetty.com/?p=2688#comment-11475 It was not more than 30 minutes ago that I was just thinking about a missed opportunity from my old fraternity days. It was election time and I backed out the race for the Vice Presidency of my fraternity. I don't know if it was the fear of losing to my opponent or the fear of failing in my duties. The VP position is very important in my fraternity and I did not think I was good enough or strong enough. I never regretted it until now. It was a great leadership position and I missed out on a great experience, good or bad. My success or failure would have really taught me something about myself and would have helped me in my current supervisory position at work. Great blog Art and thank you for letting me write a response. It was not more than 30 minutes ago that I was just thinking about a missed opportunity from my old fraternity days. It was election time and I backed out the race for the Vice Presidency of my fraternity. I don’t know if it was the fear of losing to my opponent or the fear of failing in my duties. The VP position is very important in my fraternity and I did not think I was good enough or strong enough. I never regretted it until now. It was a great leadership position and I missed out on a great experience, good or bad. My success or failure would have really taught me something about myself and would have helped me in my current supervisory position at work. Great blog Art and thank you for letting me write a response.

]]> By: Jim Foxworthy http://artpetty.com/2009/10/04/leadership-caffeine-character-forged-in-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-11465 Jim Foxworthy Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:10:58 +0000 http://artpetty.com/?p=2688#comment-11465 I used to tell my wife that since I learned so many lessons from my failures, I could accelerate my career if I became a masochist! Another great post, Art. Keep up the good work. I used to tell my wife that since I learned so many lessons from my failures, I could accelerate my career if I became a masochist!

Another great post, Art. Keep up the good work.

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