1min 40sec @AP_Archive clip - Vanguard Explosion 1957 Today in History

text from youtube "On December 6, 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla."

7min @RSAEvents clip - #Lessons Learned From #Failure with Elizabeth Day

text from youtube "All of us fail in myriad ways almost every single day and yet, we live in an age where it is very difficult to be honest about failure, where it seems as if everyone else is nailing their life. Award-winning author and journalist Elizabeth Day explains how failure can teach us lessons we would never otherwise have understood."

#Failure means you have the #courage to step out of your box and try something unknown to you - which creates #character and #empathy by exposing vulnerability - character cannot be developed in ease and quiet

#Failure frees us from #perfection

#Failure forces us to face our own #mortality - mortality teaches us #gratitude - gratitude is the foundation for real #joy

15min @wef clip - Hilaree O'Neill: #Failure Frees Us from #Perfection

Text from you tube "When you spend your life climbing and skiing the world's highest peaks where mistakes can be a matter of life or death, how do you think about failure? Hilaree O'Neill shares the lessons she's learned. " which in summary are

1) Failure frees us from perfection

2) Failure forces us to face our own mortality - mortality teaches us gratitude - gratitude is the foundation for real joy

3) Failure means you have the courage to step out of your box and try something unknown to you - which creates character and empathy by exposing vulnerability  - character cannot be developed in ease and quiet