Stop Doing More of What's Failing
19 Sept 2026 · 1 min
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In this monologue, the speaker argues that persisting with ineffective actions—"doing more" of what’s not working—is a misuse of failure. True learning requires first identifying that an approach has failed, then cognitively processing that insight to decide whether to pivot, avoid repeating the mistake, or repurpose elements of the failed attempt. The speaker warns against blind faith in a failing path, describing it as more harmful than simply acknowledging failure, and emphasizes the courage needed to label an effort as "dumb" or unsuccessful in order to move forward constructively.
