Failure is Necessary | Courtney Johnson | TEDxEvansville
Summary
TLDRIn this inspiring talk, the speaker recounts their fear-conquering skydiving experience, symbolizing the courage to face and overcome personal fears. They emphasize the importance of embracing failure as a learning opportunity, drawing from their own entrepreneurial journey and founding a non-profit. The speaker encourages the audience to confront their fears, whether it's writing a book, starting a podcast, or pursuing higher education, and to give themselves permission to fail as a means to grow and succeed.
Takeaways
- 😨 The speaker was nervous and scared before skydiving, reflecting on the option to turn back home.
- ⏰ The decision to continue was made after two hours of internal debate while driving and on the airplane.
- 🚀 The fear of failure was a driving force for the speaker to confront their fears by doing something terrifying like skydiving.
- 🤔 The speaker questioned their decision to jump from the plane, comparing it to the comfort of being at home.
- 🎯 The purpose of the skydiving experience was to face and overcome the fear of failure.
- 🙌 The speaker encourages the audience to raise their hands if they've been afraid to fail, showing it's a common fear.
- 📈 Failure is presented as an important part of life and a necessary step for growth and learning.
- 💡 The speaker shares personal stories of failure, such as in theater and starting a non-profit, to illustrate the value of overcoming fear.
- 🚀 The speaker's skydiving experience symbolizes the act of taking risks and the importance of facing fears.
- 💪 The message is to give oneself permission to fail and to not let the fear of failure prevent one from trying.
Q & A
What was the speaker's emotional state before driving to Elizabethtown, Kentucky?
-The speaker was nervous and scared, and didn't get any sleep the night before.
Why was the speaker considering turning back while driving to their destination?
-The speaker was contemplating turning back because they were nervous and scared, and they felt they didn't have to go through with what they were about to do.
What significant event was the speaker about to participate in?
-The speaker was about to participate in skydiving from an airplane at 10,000 feet.
Why did the speaker decide to go through with the skydiving despite their fear?
-The speaker decided to go through with the skydiving to confront their fear and to follow their tradition of facing something they are terrified of doing.
What is the speaker's philosophy on failure?
-The speaker believes that failure is an important part of life, a way of learning, and a means to grow. They encourage embracing failure as a learning opportunity.
How does the speaker relate the fear of failure to their own life experiences?
-The speaker relates the fear of failure to their own life by sharing their struggles with theater and starting a non-profit, emphasizing that overcoming fear is crucial for personal growth.
What advice does the speaker give to the audience regarding failure?
-The speaker advises the audience to give themselves permission to fail and not to be afraid of failing, but rather to be afraid of not trying at all.
What is the main message the speaker wants the audience to take away from their talk?
-The main message is that it's important to confront and face one's fears, to not let the fear of failure hold you back, and to learn and grow from failures.
Why did the speaker mention their experience with starting a non-profit?
-The speaker mentioned their experience with starting a non-profit to illustrate how they overcame their fear and followed their calling, despite being terrified.
What does the speaker suggest as a way to deal with the fear of failure?
-The speaker suggests taking risks, facing fears, and embracing failure as a way to learn and grow, which helps in dealing with the fear of failure.
Outlines
🚀 Facing Fears: Skydiving Experience
The speaker recounts a personal experience of skydiving from 10,000 feet, highlighting the initial nervousness and the internal struggle with the fear of failure. Despite the option to back out, the speaker decides to confront the fear, drawing parallels to other life challenges such as public speaking and entrepreneurship. The narrative emphasizes the importance of taking risks and learning from failures, as it is an integral part of personal growth and success.
💪 Embracing Failure as a Learning Opportunity
In the concluding paragraph, the speaker encourages the audience to not let the fear of failure deter them from pursuing their goals. The speaker advocates for a mindset shift where failure is viewed as a necessary step towards growth and learning. The talk ends with a call to action, urging everyone to give themselves permission to fail and to not be afraid of the attempt, as the true measure of success lies in how one responds to failure.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Fear
💡Skydiving
💡Failure
💡Risk
💡Learning
💡Entrepreneur
💡Non-profit
💡Confront
💡Permission
💡Bounce back
Highlights
The speaker shares their anxiety and fear before a skydiving experience, reflecting on the option to turn back and the decision to face their fears.
Despite the fear and temptation to return home, the speaker embarks on a skydiving adventure to confront their fear of failure.
The speaker describes the physical sensations of skydiving, including the increasing altitude and dropping temperature, adding to the tension of the narrative.
A surprising confession from the instructor, who also admits to being nervous, despite his experience, highlights the universality of fear.
At 10,000 feet, with the door open, the speaker grapples with the decision to jump, symbolizing the moment of truth in facing fears.
The speaker's internal dialogue about the rationality of skydiving versus the comfort of their bed underscores the struggle with fear.
The decision to jump is framed as a metaphor for confronting fear and the importance of overcoming the fear of failure.
The speaker establishes a personal tradition of facing a new fear each year to manage and mitigate the fear of failure.
An interactive moment where the speaker asks the audience to raise their hands if they've been afraid to fail, creating a shared experience.
The assertion that failure is an integral part of life, and that everyone has failed at something, normalizes the experience of failure.
The speaker's own experiences with failure, such as in theater, are shared to illustrate the learning opportunities that come from failure.
The founding of a non-profit organization is presented as a significant achievement that was only possible through overcoming fear.
The speaker encourages the audience to think of their own fears and not let the fear of failure prevent them from pursuing their goals.
A call to action for the audience to give themselves permission to fail and to view failure as a learning opportunity.
The conclusion of the talk emphasizes the importance of trying and learning from failure rather than fearing it.
The speaker ends with a powerful message to not be afraid of failure but to be afraid of not trying at all.
Transcripts
[Music]
May 20th
8 o'clock in the morning I'm driving to
Elizabethtown Kentucky nervous scared I
didn't get any sleep the night before
but as I'm driving I'm just thinking to
myself I can still turn around I can go
back home I really don't have to do this
two hours go by pretty fast and I'm in
the parking lot still talking to myself
giving myself a pep talk still telling
myself I can turn around I can still go
back home I don't have to do this next
thing I know I'm climbing onto the
airplane with five other people my heart
is beating just like it's beating on
this stage tonight I'm nervous we begin
to take off we get higher and higher the
temperature starts to drop the guy
that's behind me and instructors telling
me all these different things and then
he tells me he's he's a little nervous
he's scared and he's done this more
times than me obviously it's my first
time and he's scared so as we continue
to go up and go up we finally get 10,000
feet in the air the door is open the
whole time
you can look out and see and I'm still
thinking I don't have to do this I can
just ride back down with the pilot and
just tell my family and friends that I
don't know something happened to the
plane and I didn't get to make it on
there but I went ahead and continued to
talk myself into this and the first guy
goes out and then they tell me I'm up
next get up to the edge and I'm looking
down everything looks like dots and I'm
just thinking to myself why did I do
this why did I agree to do this I could
be in my bed on a Saturday night
relax I'm on a Saturday morning relaxing
instead of jumping out of a perfectly
flying airplane and jumping 10,000 feet
in the air but my reasoning for doing
that was basically to confront my fear I
have a tradition that I've done for the
past few years where I always try to
find one thing that I'm terrified of
doing and do that
because one of my biggest fears is
failing so that helps me deal with
failure
the fear of failing holds a lot of us
back and raise your hand if you've been
afraid to fail at something in life
hopefully everybody raises my man and
friends not afraid but that's that's
okay there we go I'll take the fist no
one likes to fail but the truth is
whether we like to fail or not failing
is an important part of life we've all
failed at something and we all except
for him has been afraid to fail it's
impossible to go through life without
experiencing some kind of failure with
that taking risk it's very important
either you succeed are you failed I want
you all to think of failing not as a bad
way but as a way of learning through
failing we learn from our mistakes and
when we learn we grow as a young
entrepreneur I failed more times than I
can count
first thing that comes to mind is
theater I failed theater I couldn't
remember the lines obviously but one of
the best things I did in life was
started a non-profit as Claire said I'm
a founder of a non-profit here in
Evansville Indiana I was terrified of
doing this talk to a lot of people a lot
of people told me their struggles and
what they went through
but I had to overcome my fear I knew
this is what God called me to do so I
had to do it no matter what I want you
all to think of something that you're
afraid of doing maybe you want to write
a book maybe you want to start a podcast
or maybe you want to get your masters
don't let the fear of failure hold you
back go out there and fail and fail
don't try to fill in on purpose but fail
but continue to bounce back because we
all fail in life but it's what we do
after we fail that's important so I want
you all to give yourself permission to
fail and don't be afraid to fail be
afraid not to try and that's my talk for
today thank you
[Music]
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