Failing Well

Words to Grow With

100

Not succeeding at what you planned, missing the goal

What is failure?

200

To keep trying to improve even after failure or when something gets hard

What is Perseverance?

300

The desire or willingness of someone to put energy into doing something

What is motivation?

400

Think deeply or carefully about

What is Reflect? 

500

Courage and resolve; strength of character

What is Grit? 

Failing as a Job

100

This college major has one of the highest dropout rates 

What is Engineering?

200

This major league sport's best athletes only have a 30% success rate

What is Baseball?

• The .300 Rule: In MLB, a batter who fails to get a hit 70% of the time (a .300 batting average) is considered an elite, Hall-of-Fame-level performer.

300

The 10 day weather forecast given by the weatherman is usually how accurate

What is 50%? 

400

The number of times lore (story) says Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis was rejected before being published

What is 800 times?

Now sold over 100 million copies

500

The number of times the early space program, Pioneer, failed to reach the moon in a row

What is 15 times?