We open this episode on a yacht in San Diego Bay — silky robes, pirate ships, debating whether to jump into very questionable Coronado waters — deep in conversation with a brilliant restaurateur from a small town in Italy. He asked my advice and posed a question: I know I need to collect failures. But I get too much positive feedback. Where am I going wrong?

My answer: I don't buy it.

From there, this episode becomes a masterclass in what it actually means to put yourself out there — and why if you're not failing, you might not be going far enough.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why "I don't see evidence of failure" usually means one of two things — and neither of them is that everything's going great
• How praising kids (and ourselves) for being good at something actually causes us to stop taking risks — straight from the research in Mindset
• The real reason we don't recognize our own failures — and why your brain might be actively hiding them from you
• My own recent failures: from missing my husband's best friend energy, to a chaotic first three weeks of summer, to courses delayed, a book half-written, health issues from 20 years of athletic yoga, and a friendship changed by necessary boundaries
• Why every item on that failure list is there because I’m putting my full heart into my life — and what that means for yours
• Why if you're not failing, you may be depriving the world of something only you can give it
• The design thinking concept of failing forward — and how mastering the Gain instead of minding the Gap makes it easier and more fun
• Why measuring progress against your ideal is a logical fallacy (your vision isn't real yet — it's a steering mechanism, not a measuring stick)
• Why measuring from where you started kicks you into higher brain function, makes you more creative, and actually makes you statistically more likely to hit your goal
• The two questions I leave you with to uncover how YOU can fail bigger, better, faster, MORE.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Mindset by Carol Dweck
• The Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan
• Compassionate Observer (Bloom Your Mind Podcast)
• Look How Far you’ve come (Bloom Your Mind Podcast)
• The Moxie Mastermind Monthly Retros — where failures get collected, celebrated, and learned from

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