Free Lesson
Fail Your Way Forward: Why Progress Needs More Misses
Part of The 2027 Shortlist
45 min
Nov 14, 2026 9:00 AM
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What you'll learn
Why Failure Is a Core Ingredient of Success
If you’re not failing, you’re not stretching. See why playing it safe is what actually keeps you stuck.
Why Your Brain Treats Failure Like a Threat
We’re wired to fear losing, and some cultures add shame. Understand the wiring so it stops running the show.
The Failure Log: Not All Failures Are Equal
Use the Designing Your Life failure log to tell a screw-up from a weakness from a real growth opportunity.
Make Your First Deliberate Fail This Week
Leave with one ask you’d normally avoid, and a plan to make it this week.
Why this topic matters
You have the tools, the frameworks and the plan. What still stops many capable women is the first move: the message, the ask, the conversation. Not from lack of ability, but because getting it wrong feels too costly. Failure isn’t the opposite of progress. It’s an ingredient of it. This session helps you rethink failure so you can act before you feel ready.
