There’s a stigma against failure. Beliefs that “It can’t happen to me.” “It shouldn’t.” “It won’t.” It does. No matter who you are, what you do, how you do it, where you do it — failure is waiting.

Every student is taught to aim for success. High marks, top colleges, job offers, awards. Celebration becomes the visible ...

When we think about successful entrepreneurs or visionary leaders, our minds tend to drift to the highlight reel: the splashy press, the multi-million dollar funding rounds, the products we know and ...

Steve Murphy is the CEO of Epicor, a global leader providing flexible, industry-specific software designed around its customers' needs. Do you want to build a successful career in business? Then, ...

Failure is a part of life, and the earlier someone accepts this fact, the easier it will be for them. Sometimes, the failure isn’t that big of a deal; maybe the proposal you pitched during a work ...

Corrected: A previous version of this essay included a misspelling of Amy C. Edmondson’s name. The best teachers create classrooms where students understand that making mistakes and even experiencing ...

L-R: Amanda Magee, Matthew Halle, Joy Frestedt, Samantha Haney, Mark Coronna, Thomas Miller, Douglas Carter, Kent Lewis, Aviva Ajmera, Teresa J.W. Bailey, Matt Rosen, Priya Cloutier, Christopher ...

We humans don’t learn as easily as we should. We learn better from direct experience than from others. And we learn better from failure than from success. Why is that? What exactly do we learn after ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

During a recent visit to Oak Park, some friends told me a nearby bookstore had a bunch of Studs Terkel books on sale. I went to check it out before heading back to the city, and there they were on a ...