Stop Doing More of What's Failing
19 Sept 2026 · 1 min
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In this brief motivational talk, entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz stresses the importance of having the courage to acknowledge when an effort has failed. He argues that persisting doggedly with tactics that aren’t delivering results—whether it’s expecting sales on day one, pushing a book at a college gig, or simply doing more of the same—doesn’t leverage failure but compounds it. Michalowicz advocates for a cognitive approach: identify the failure, consciously learn from it, and decide what to keep, adjust, or discard moving forward. He warns against blind faith in a failing path, labeling that stubbornness as even more harmful than the initial mistake.
