Fail Brilliantly Exploding the Myths of Failure and Success

by Davidow, Shelley; Williams, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781945547256
• ISBN10: 1945547251
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-09-05
• Publisher: Familius

Summary

We all spend much of our lives trying to cope with failure; sometimes we try to assign value to it, but failure looms as a debilitating concept in millions of lives, affecting children and adults alike. Fail Brilliantly proposes a radical shift: erase the word and concept of failure from the realms of education and human endeavors. Replace it with new words and concepts. This shift in position has the potential to transform our lives and ultimately reshape our definition of success.

Author Biography

Shelley Davidow, DCA, MSEd, is an internationally acclaimed author of forty-three books. Her recent nonfiction titles include Whisperings in the Blood (University of Queensland Press, Australia, 2016), Playing with Words (Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2016) coauthored with Paul Williams, and Raising Stress-Proof Kids (Familius, USA, 2015). She lectures in the departments of Education and Creative Writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia.

For more information, visit www.shelleydavidow.com.

Paul Williams is an award-winning author of several books including the memoir Soldier Blue (New Africa Books). He lives in Australia and coordinates the Creative Writing Program at the University of the Sunshine Coast. His latest book is Playing with Words (Palgrave Macmillan UK) co-authored with Shelley Davidow. Explore his website to discover more. www.paul-a-williams.com

Table of Contents

Introduction

1) The Neurobiology of Failure

2) First Degree Failures 

3) Second Degree Failures

4) Third Degree Failures

5) The Myth of Failure

6) Most People Are Failures

7) The Language of Failure

8) The Philosophy of Failure

9) The Narrative of Failure

10) Transformative Thinking: The Erasure of Failure

11) Living with Unexpected Outcomes

12) Tips and Exercises for Life-Travellers