The Amys and their former co-host Sarah Green Carmichael revisit times they majorly messed up, in hopes that you’ll feel better about your experiences with failure. We’re not talking about honest mistakes with simple solutions; we’re talking about larger problems that were difficult and costly to correct. They share what happened, how they recovered, and what they learned.
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I don't dwell in failure now because I've learned that every single failure I've ever had and some of them have been doozies and potential career enders.
I've come out of them, if nothing else, more empathetic toward others.
Yeah.
Well, can you tell us a little bit more about it?
I'll tell you about one.
Yeah.
You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.
I'm Amy Bernstein.
I'm Amy Gallo.
We're here with our former co host and friend, Sarah Green Carmichael, who's one of the very few people we feel comfortable enough revisiting our professional failures with.
But we also know she is going to push us.
She's going to test our thinking.
Yeah.
And bring in research findings and build.
Up to some aha moments.
Oh my God.
No pressure, guys.
I'm so glad that when you thought of failure, you thought of me.