Comments on: Failure and Experimentation in a Culture of Success http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/2007/01/01/failure-and-experimentation-in-a-culture-of-success/ irregularities and other absurdities Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:23:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: e's wife http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/2007/01/01/failure-and-experimentation-in-a-culture-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-12405 e's wife Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:21:14 +0000 http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/?p=1640#comment-12405 we talked one night at house church about how giving yourself room to fail actually frees you up to try out several things before you "have to succeed." you are more willing to try "crazy" things that may or may not work. you are more willing to brainstorm big ideas. you try things that might not be possible, simply because you can, and what if it did work? it would be amazing! I am looking forward to knowing the tankersley's and seeing you guys grow! we talked one night at house church about how giving yourself room to fail actually frees you up to try out several things before you “have to succeed.” you are more willing to try “crazy” things that may or may not work. you are more willing to brainstorm big ideas. you try things that might not be possible, simply because you can, and what if it did work? it would be amazing! I am looking forward to knowing the tankersley’s and seeing you guys grow!

]]> By: Josh http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/2007/01/01/failure-and-experimentation-in-a-culture-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-12369 Josh Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:24:38 +0000 http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/?p=1640#comment-12369 thanks d10 and jamie. you guys are pals. thanks d10 and jamie. you guys are pals.

]]> By: d10 http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/2007/01/01/failure-and-experimentation-in-a-culture-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-12355 d10 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:09:25 +0000 http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/?p=1640#comment-12355 josh, i think this is one of the best posts you've written. definitely one of the best things i've read in a while on a blog. thanks for sharing. josh, i think this is one of the best posts you’ve written. definitely one of the best things i’ve read in a while on a blog. thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/2007/01/01/failure-and-experimentation-in-a-culture-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-12353 Jamie Arpin-Ricci Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:13:54 +0000 http://www.iamjoshbrown.com/blog/?p=1640#comment-12353 Excellent, excellent thoughts! I commend your sense of adventure, especially where living in community is concerned. It is one of the most costly and precious experiments you will ever undertake. I have come to view my own life of experimentation as a journey. It does not discredit or dismiss that which we have tried before, for they were necessary to get to where we are now. We might opt for the safe option of setting up camp. In all likelihood, we will find many others whose encampments have become comfortable communities that make staying put quite easy and appealing. But we press on. As Gandhi entitled his autobiography, we must see our lives as "experiments in truth". Happy New Year! May this year be one filled with new discoveries and adventure for you. I hope to be some small part of that adventure with you this year, even from a distance. Peace, Jamie Excellent, excellent thoughts! I commend your sense of adventure, especially where living in community is concerned. It is one of the most costly and precious experiments you will ever undertake.

I have come to view my own life of experimentation as a journey. It does not discredit or dismiss that which we have tried before, for they were necessary to get to where we are now. We might opt for the safe option of setting up camp. In all likelihood, we will find many others whose encampments have become comfortable communities that make staying put quite easy and appealing. But we press on.

As Gandhi entitled his autobiography, we must see our lives as “experiments in truth”. Happy New Year! May this year be one filled with new discoveries and adventure for you. I hope to be some small part of that adventure with you this year, even from a distance.

Peace,
Jamie

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