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Kids often hear, “Mistakes are part of learning.” But if they have perfectionist tendencies, they don’t believe it. Mistakes feel intolerable and humiliating to them. They dissolve into tears over a ...

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to change and innovation is not lack of ideas, resources, or time, but simply the fear of failure. Recognizing this, many leaders have asked me: how can we learn to accept ...