How Fail Culture Helps Everyone!
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If you have ever been to [...], you know that it is (ideally) an online marketplace for all kinds of handmade merchandise.  Some of it is very beautiful, very useful, or very desirable in some other way.  Some of it is mediocre and forgettable.  And some of it is mind-bogglingly poorly conceived, poorly executed, or just too weird to believe.

The latter is celebrated on April Winchell's hilarious blog, [...], and now in this book.  The book actually strongly resembles the blog:  it's full of pictures of bewildering acts of craft, along with amusing captions written by the author.  And lest you think this is Too Mean - an accusation that gets thrown at her not infrequently - EVERY artist has agreed to appear in the book, and in the back you can find contact information for all of them, in case you want to buy their stuff.  Because the thing is, someone often does:  maybe for camp value, maybe because of eccentric tastes, but either way, it's exposure and sales for the featured artists.  There are now artists who are proud to proclaim that they have appeared in Regretsy.

...Wow, I sound very serious as I say all of this, which may distract you from the point:  both the blog and the book are really, really funny.  They are among my most treasured refuges on a bad day.  And yes, now and then there is one I look at and think, "Wait, I would actually buy that."

Unlike the blog, the book also features several essays by April, discussing her take on "fail culture" and some of her own more regrettable forays into crafting.  They're funny too, especially the one about her dog.
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I really enjoyed this book and I learned so much about how different cultures function in raising up their children. I have already recommended this book to my co-workers.
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"Not Quite Adults...Everyone" is a MustRead for Everyone!!!...It is an essential look with pointed insights that offer fresh & compelling views on why it is taking this 20-Somethings generation longer to make Life, Career & Family Decisions!...Authors Richard Settersten & Barbara Ray offer multiple inputs drawn on almost a decade of cutting-edge research, interviews,etc. which reveal an unexpected truth that a slower path to adulthood is good for all of us!!!
"Not Quite Adults...Everyone" is about our Global Youth Culture / Net Generation that we are leaving the greater share of responsibilities for the Global Healing of Mother Earth!!!...Going Forward, The Status Quo simply cannot & will not fit Mother Earth, another day, today or tomorrow!!!...However, The Good News is, that with our existing Global Networked Intelligence & Problem Solving capabilities,etc.,Our NetGeneration / 20-Something Children with our Mass Collaboration assistance can and should start implementation Today / Now in Participation X.X of Critical / Ongoing Global Network Initiatives for New Ideas / Strategies / Plans & Methods,etc. that will ensure that they are empowered to attack these awesome responsibilities Today / Now!!!...After all, We are Only talking about Mutual Global Survival of Humankind & Mother Earth!!!...Carpe Diem!...Michael!<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Not-Quite-Adults-Why-20-Somethings-Are-Choosing-a-Slower-Path-to-Adulthood-and-Why-It-s-Good-for-Everyone/dp/0553807404/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Not Quite Adults: Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing a Slower Path to Adulthood, and Why It's Good for Everyone</a>
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We are a culture obsessed with body image and health concerns. We no longer sell food, we sell "food like products."

We shop for things that say: "Organic", "All natural", "Healthy alternative", "Baked", or "Diet" because we want to make better choices, however our society and big food buisness are setting us up to fail by adding presertives,trans-fats, and modifying food at it's genetic level so they can put "0 calories" or "No Trans-Fat!" on the label!

We hopelessly enter the cycle of "South Beach","Low Carb","Low Fat", "Low Sodium", "Fasting", diets that ALL set our bodies up to lose weight fast and gain it back FASTER!

This book breaks down proven, SAFE, habbits that will not only help you lose weight, but feel better about yourself as a whole.

This book is easy to read and understand. It involves a teaching with an interactive instructional for each day, thus taking out the overwhelming sensation of starting something new.

I have personally taken the instruction from this author and have over hauled my diet... it was easier then I thought! Just making simple choices with the knowledge I have learned.

Just remember, eating and feeling healthy doesn't have to be boring and monotonous!

Do you self a favor and buy this book! Simular books easily cost 20 times more and lack the practicality of this book.
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Arnie's book if filled with lots of great ideas that can be easily implemented in any business that wants to create a great culture.  What I liked most, he actually encourages you to copy his ideas and try them in your business. We found several ideas that have been well received by our team, especially the Better Book Club.  We now have almost half our team reading great books and sharing the information with the rest of our team.  This book is now one of the volumes available and being read by some of our team as part of the Club.  If you want to build a great culture in your business, or as Arnie writes, "a culture that rocks", this is a great way to get started.
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I recommend this audio cd to all of my friends and family.  I will also recommend this to my extended Amazon family.  Get this right now.  No matter where you are in life, I am sure you will find something in here to help you become a more effective person.  Improve relationships, get further in your career, and understand others with the lessons in this book
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As the hero of my own story--and aren't we all?--I gloss over the failures. In fact, maybe I never acknowledge failures at all.

I certainly never failed! I was foiled. All my sincere and perfectly honorable efforts were foiled by bad guys. I hadn't failed. I just hadn't succeeded yet.

Chris bought me this book by a favorite columnist of his:

The Up side of Down: Why failing well is the Key to Success

Mccardle posits the idea that we need failure to get better. It's impossible to argue. How else do we learn? Shouldn't we start at one level of ability and get better?

In my senior year of college, I was entranced by a new professor. He had just come on staff, full of nervousness and tenure ambitions. He proudly said that he had a 4.0.

Imagine! A professor bragging to his students about his grades. I looked at him and thought...If you already knew everything you were learning--knew it so well you aced every single class--what the hell is learning about? His progress was a flat line.

He was proud of it. Of course he was! That's the way the world works.

Well. That's the way people work. The world has another way of working too.

If I try to lift something heavy, I won't succeed. I will fail the first time. If I start with something lighter, and keep at it, I will succeed at the heavy thing. It takes failure

It takes trying.

My daughter is watching The Incredibles. A family of super heroes! They have powers! And they have failings.

The marriage, the kids, the relationships, and trying to make their way in the world.

AND THE EVIL ROBOT MONSTER!

Do you remember how Mr. Incredible fights the robot monster? He throws himself against it.

And it throws him back down.

Fail.

But Mr. Incredible is Super! He gets back up.

He gets back up. Oh God, Yes, he gets back up!

He keeps trying. He fails far more often than he succeeds. And his family does too. All of them fail and fail and fail and fail.

We know. They know. We all know that they will succeed in the end.

Because they are super.

I am not so super. I do not have the super suit to guarantee my ultimate success.

All I've got is little old me. I don't want to fail. I am not at all sure that the fail will lead to something better.

This one life? That's all I've got. What if I fail at it?

California Adventure amusement park, right next to Disneyland, has a ride called Soaring over California. I love the ride.  A huge screen shows arial views of beautiful California scenes. I first loved to watch the orchards and the mountains of Yosemite.

This! This beautiful state is where I live! From Humboldt to San Bernardino counties, I know this land. Near the very end, some jet planes zoom out over the folded desert.

If my feet could touch the ground, that is the moment when I would leap to my feet and punch the air with a cheer. YES! YES THAT! I WANT THAT!! It never fails to make me cry.

why? why am I crying? do I want to fly a plane?

no.

What then? What is the visceral push and joy? Joy tears. What?

I want that kinetic freedom. Those jets are soaring. They are not holding back. All out, no holding back!

Sometimes I see a chance for something. It seems impossible. What do I think is really going to happen if I try for that?

It won't work. My efforts will fail.

Why am I crying?

McCardle says failure is not a reason to hold back. It can be as rewarding--even more rewarding!--than success.

At the start of anything, I can't know how it will turn out. And this is the only life I've got. I don't want to hold back for fear of the result. I am beginning to see that if I have a chance to go all out and not hold back, if I take that chance, I've already succeeded. Failure is only a by-product.
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I read Fail Better shortly after is released and recently came back to it again as I have been working through the ups and down of starting my latest business venture.  What an amazing book - and I took different things away from it the second time through than the first.  As others have said, it provides great, real examples and also presents things in an actionable manner.  I have encouraged my colleagues to read it as well, as I believe it will help drive both team alignment and shared resiliency as we continue to work together to grow this venture.  Kudos to the authors!
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This book and film present something all people of African descent need to hear. The message is down to earth easy to understand. Information is presented to educate without being condescending. This effort to heal all melanated people by introducing the benefits of better diet is as important if not more than any other effort to combat systematic oppression. What can we really hope to accomplish as a collective if we're sick, overweight, suffering from chronic illnesses and relying on prescription medication to stay alive? That IS foreign to our ancestors. Must read and watch the film!
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Surviving When Modern Medicine Fails is a great book that It is easy to use with no guess work! I have followed several of the protocols and they worked perfectly! I cannot believe just how helpful this book has been for me, my family, and my team members. I highly recommend this book!
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An amazing read, or listen in my case I did audiobook for it. its so nice that Brent narrates it himself. So much information
and knowledge shared and taught in this book. Brent does such an amazong job explaining the steps to tackle
challenges and opportunities and illuminating negativity and define culture and change how to become a better leader
not a better manager. lead change with culture . I really love this book it keeps you wanting to never put it down .
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This book should be required reading for anyone planning an overseas mission trip.  This book emphasis DOING WITH rather than DOING FOR.  It points out the flaws in a patronistic mission philosophy and introduces a way to improve your own view of other cultures and open your mind to a multiculture society and world.

Read!
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I read this book within 2 days. The book is surprisingly good for everyone who work in a creative industry. This book taught me how to be resilient and persevere in any failure, and how to value the failure and always try to find opportunity within any failure.
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Absolute Pitch is a very well written simplistic approach to improvement in all aspects of business.  Often times organizations rely on complex systems/tools for improvement and forget about the lowest hanging fruit of all... Culture Change! This book will yield positive results in any organization that utilizes its content.
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The concepts in this book seem so obvious and yet, why are we not utilizing them and changing the culture from whiney entitled kids to respectful and respectable kids?!  This book forces you to take a good, hard look in the mirror and ask yourself "What can I be doing differently here...?"  Easy to read.  Good advice.
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Author, Michael Haars, holds a master's degree in counseling and is a practicing mental health therapist.  He does not write out any prescription for a permanent life-changing fix to struggles nearly everyone faces in today's culture.  No...Haars, instead, presents many venues of life and the condition they have descended to within the new century we all now live in.  What can we do then?  How do we improve?

"SLOW DOWN."  Its that simple.  "Our culture is careening out of control and is about to be a huge train wreck.  THINK FOR YOURSELF."  And that is the simple but inspiring message and direction written in Michael Haars' book.  It addresses life's issues, one small chapter at a time.  There is no pat answer to end all stress and strife; instead the book does direct your thinking toward ideas of how your own life can be altered in a personal, individual way for a better way of living.  It's doable!

Although this reviewer sat down and read "Life is Not a Sound Bite" in less than three hours, there is a better way.  In the author's own words: slow down.  Find a small group at work, at the club, family, or friends and use the chapters almost like a devotional.  Read one chapter multiple times in a week, think it over, then gather together for airing your own conclusions.  Listen to others ideas, then change what fits your own life.  The author offers direction and opinion but not "the final answer" as our culture demands.

I met the author and his wife, Nikki, in a Pizza Hut in Indiana.  A great Christian couple, both authors, and inspiring folk to make positive changes right in your own community.
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I found the 2% effects 4 principles really eye opening. Any business could benefit from reading this book first, then take steps to implement the suggestions. The principles will help simplify and reinforce a positive business culture, to everyones advantage.