“Failure is a social taboo.”
Anup Kochhar“Failure is a social taboo.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“Failure is like flu. It can happen to anyone. Just as it is difficult to find a person who hasn’t had the flu, it is difficult to find someone who has not been stuck by failure at some time.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“Can we quantify failure in degrees and say, ‘on a 10 point scale this failure causes this much pain?’ Extremely difficult.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“The fear of failure kills creativity and intelligence. The only thing it produces is conformity.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“The Fear of failure is the greatest fear of man. Even the fear of death is fear of failing to continue life,”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“What does failure do to us? We fall into a vicious downward spiral. Failure is a lot like a shot from a double barrel gun but with a difference. The first shot is like the news which explodes in one’s face. But it is the second, after a short time lag, which causes the most damage. It comprises of pain, humiliation, shame, frustration and anger. The first shot pales in comparison. It is life after the blast that causes the most hurt.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“The Fear of failure is the greatest fear of man. Even the fear of death is fear of failing to continue life.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“We need to substitute ‘trier’ for failure. The word ‘fail’ is closely related to the word fall. A child taking his first step falls, cries and then tries again. Why does he try again? Because he wants to, but does not, know the meaning of failure.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“The fear of failure is not just the greatest fear of man, it is the fear of man. All other fears are avatars of the fear of failure.”
Anup Kochhar, The Failure Project -The Story Of Man's Greatest Fear“it’s being branded a failure that causes the most pain”
when ‘failure’ changes from being a verb to becoming a noun.