Wilmslow High School whole school assembly on 'why success always starts with failure'

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Failure is the opportunity to
start again more intelligently
Henry Ford

4. Michael Jordan
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6 x NBA champion
6 x NBA Most Valuable Player
14 x NBA All Star

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6. MJ in numbers
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 Missed more than 9000 shots
 Lost 300 games
 26 times trusted with the game winning
shot…. and missed
 Did not get selected for his HIGH
SCHOOL team!!
‘’Failed over and over and over…. and
that is why I succeed ‘’

7. The Natural Talent Fallacy
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What we see = FINISHED PRODUCT +
world class performances
What we don’t see =
10,000 hours (minimum) of
DELIBERATE PRACTICE
1000s of failures
Growth mindset

8. 5, 126
15 years 
Resilience

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10. Two questions
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Are you willing to risk failure
now to succeed in the future?
Was I better today than
yesterday?

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“Ever tried. Ever failed. No
matter. Try again. Fail
again. FAIL BETTER”
Sam Beckett