If at first you don’t succeed,
fail, fail and fail again.
We think this may be the most important
lesson a child ever learns.
Young people who are free to fail learn to
try again. And again. And again.
Resilience results. Often followed by
unqualified success.
Ferdinand Steinbeis (Class of 1994) agrees. Now running a thriving business in Germany,
he reminded us at Founder’s Day that “in a volatile, unpredictable and often scary world,
we should experiment rather than play safe – even if that means failing our way to success”.