Embrace Failure: S4:E41 LIVE with Peter Cline

2 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker argues that failure is a valuable and necessary part of the entrepreneurial journey. They dismiss the hyper‑hardcore "stay hard" mindset associated with figures like David Goggins, instead emphasizing that experiencing and learning from setbacks can accelerate progress toward a breakthrough. The speaker cites an unnamed quote about being "10 failures away from your big win" to illustrate a mindset that treats each failure as a stepping stone. They reinforce the point with the example of Airbnb co‑founder Brian Chesky, whose company succeeded after multiple prior attempts, suggesting that persistence through repeated failures ultimately yields results.

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It's the best worst thing ever. That's an interesting way to put it. But I, uh, I talked to somebody on the phone the other day and they were talking about somebody who was— had a startup idea that they were just closing down and it didn't work out. And, you know, I said, that's, that's really sad. I'm sorry for the person, but that, that pain is going to be good for them. Um, you know, like, it's— that sounds so like David Goggins-esque, and that's not the angle I'm going about it. You know, like, I don't even respect him, but I'm not saying like stay hard, pain's good, but like failing is a good thing. You know, there is a, there's a quote I heard. I think a good way to put it is, and I forget whose quote it was, but you know, if you were 10 failures away from your big win, how fast would you try and get through failing 10 times? And you know, how excited would you be about failing each time? And I think about that a lot of like, that is the case. You know, if you were really thinking through and putting effort into these ideas you have and doing research and truly giving it your best efforts for several months at a time, uh, you know, eventually results will come. Sure, you may have to pull the plug on, on a lot of ideas, but, um, I mean, there's countless stories of like the Airbnb founder Brian Chesky, who was, you know, Airbnb was startup number like 10 or something for him, and it worked out. And so it's, uh,