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An alpine ski racing coach once told Michael Schwalbe of Behance that racing is 40% physical training, 30% technical skill and experience, and 30% willingness to take risks. In ski racing the 40-30-30 rule meant taking more chances and increasing the likelihood of falling. In fact, his coach told him that if he wasn’t falling at least once a day, he wasn’t trying hard enough.

What’s true in ski racing is true in business too. If you never fail, you probably haven’t taken enough chances. Harvard psychology Daniel Gilbert says that people “overestimate the intensity and duration of our distress in the face of future adversity” and “in the long run, people of every age and in every walk of life seem to regret not having done things much more than they regret things they did.”

Have you had a good fall or failure lately?

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I know this isn’t a picture of alpine ski racing. I just liked it.