Fear of Failure, Finding Endurance, & More
The Friday Five: Episode XLV
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Today at a Glance:
Quote: On fear of failure.
Tweet: Napoleon, Russia, and Ukraine.
Article: Robot finds ancient Antarctic shipwreck.
Podcast: Ray Dalio on why nations fail.
Bonus: Weekly review template.
One Quote:
“Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” — Bruce Lee
You have to fail more to succeed more.
Don’t fear failure, just learn to fail smart and fast.
One Tweet:
This is a long and somewhat obscure thread—but I promise you’ll learn at least 10 new things. It combines history, economics, and current events into a single piece and had a bunch of fascinating images embedded into the content. I was captivated.
Grab a coffee on Saturday morning and settle in for this one…
One Article:
How a Plucky Robot Found the Long Lost Endurance Shipwreck
This is a fascinating short article on the mission to find Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance shipwreck in Antarctica.
If you’re not familiar with the story, I HIGHLY recommend you read Endurance, which is one of my top-10 books of all time.
TLDR: Shackleton led a voyage with 27 men to reach the South Pole and cross Antarctica. Their ship—The Endurance—became trapped in ice and eventually sank, leading to one of the most insane survival stories in history. The entire crew survived the ordeal, which included a small group sailing 800 miles in open Antarctic seas in a tiny rescue boat to reach help. Someone should make a great TV drama about it.
One Podcast:
Ray Dalio | Why Nations Succeed & Fail
I was recently recommended The Jordan Harbinger Podcast and have gone *way* down the rabbit hole. He is a great interviewer and seems to pull out amazing nuggets from all of his guests.
I really enjoyed this podcast, as it hit on a bunch of interesting geopolitical topics that feel very prescient given the current state of world affairs. Whether you love or hate Dalio, this was a conversation you will learn something from.
Listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
One Bonus:
This was a thoughtful template for a short and succinct weekly review. I’m going to adapt it a bit and start implementing something similar to see where it goes…
My starting questions:
What gave me energy?
What drained my energy?
What did I learn this week?
What did I change my mind on this week?
I might start tweeting out the answers to mine to “review in public” going forward. Create your own weekly review and let’s do this together!
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Contra Bruce Lee: What are the ways of risk reducing whilst enhancing aim (see also Barbell Strategy and Kelly Criterion)? What to do with those with brainless ego?