Chapter 11
Embracing Failure
Own It. Come Back with a Vengeance
In this chapter, Levine talks about how people usually define failure. Once someone told her that she did not climb everest because she did not reach the top, even though she was only shy a few hundred feet from the summit. She stresses not to “define success or failure in such concrete terms”. here example in this chapter is the story of Chad Kellogg. He has been trying to beat the speed record for climbing Everest. However, each time the weather send him back when he is so close to reaching the summit. Though he has not yet reached the top, he is still one of the best climbers in the world. The moral of the story is to not judge a person by their success because they have also had failures that have made them stronger as well.
She then gives a detailed account about the final hours before summiting Everest. She talks about a picture and an article that was published in the New York Times, She states that the picture of her standing on the top of Everest is very misleading because it doesn’t show all the people who were there every step of the way, which i thought was really great and humble.
I am glad that I had a chance to read this book. I have learned so much about leadership. I will now strive to use everything I learned to become a better leader, no matter the environment.
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