Who am I?
My parents call me Audra
I am a medical doctor with a long history of failures that have led to my ongoing reading, learning and thinking about topics such as failure, success, productivity, efficiency, happiness and luck.Â
Why am I here?
I know failure can lead to success
From my research, observations and experience, I am here specifically to tell you that failure can lead to success and that paying attention to failure is valuable. I want you to see failure as the kindle for the fire that fuels success.
Failure is too often overlooked
Unless you are an aircrash investigator or in a hospital team, failures and adverse outcomes are seldom front and centre in any conversation.
I have and continue to work in management, and advisory positions, for government, commercial, educational and not-for-profit organisations, and I believe there is a lack of acknowledgement of what failure brings to the table.
How am I here?
I'm here because I failed
I have failed at nearly everything:
- exams at school
- exams at uni
- making friends
- being seen as cool
- learning to serve at tennis
- cooking a MACCA's burger
- being chosen on the softball team
- remaining married
- paying off a mortgage
- losing weight
- running a business
- learning to drive a manual car
- finishing my specialty training
- renovating the kitchen
- learning Vulcan, and,Â
- writing a book
I have success despite my failures
Success for me looks like this: a great job, a great family and an excellent, eclectic group of incredible friends, as well as 2 bunnies, a cat, a turtle and a (rennovator's delight!) Sydney home only partially mortgaged with bush views, a morning chorus of kookaburras and the occasional echidna walking around the pool!
I continue to fail
I still fail regularly but I don't think we need to continue to feel bad about failing. It's time we feel good (maybe even great!) when we fail.
The Failure Journal
