Why Huge Failures Are Actually Amazing in Business

You know how some people are so brilliant and successful that you just can't imagine them being bad at anything?   Everything they touch seems to turn to gold . . .   They have no bad ideas . . .    Money flows to them like water . . .    Have you ever considered that their success is built off of the lessons they learned from huge failures?   I know from personal experience that this is the truth for most successful people (including myself).    But it's easy to forget even still.   Which is why I was so interested in Bryan Johnson's story of building a company, Braintree, to such success that PayPal bought it for $800 million when he was just 35.   I knew that Bryan was a really smart guy. But I wondered what his path to that kind of success looked like.   When I interviewed him for the podcast, he was open and honest about his whole journey, and sure enough, he admitted to two huge failures of companies before he founded Braintree.   And then he made a point that I loved: if he hadn't failed so hard at those two companies, he wouldn't have been in the desperate situation of selling credit card payment processing that gave him the idea to create Braintree.      Does that mean everyone needs to fail huge and get into a hard place to have a great idea that they make work?   No.    But more often than not, I know I get down on myself for my big failures and forget for a moment (or longer) that those are the most powerful lessons I learn from.   Bryan's story is awesome and he shares huge wisdom about all parts of entrepreneurship, including how he built such an incredible culture at his company that customers wrote them love letters,  in Episode 219 How a Huge Vision Becomes Reality with Bryan Johnson.   I'd love to hear, on social media hit me @lewishowes, what your biggest business failure has been and what you've learned from it.   Here's to learning from our mistakes and turning them into $800 million of greatness!     Keep going,     Lewis Howes If you no longer wish to receive our emails, click the link below: Unsubscribe 418 Media LLC 838 N Doheny West Hollywood, California 90069 United States