The Skill Nobody Teaches How to Fail Forward; JIM MAZZIOTTI; Live from Texas

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Calvin Schwartz interviews Jim Mazziotti about the concept of failing forward in business and life.

#realconversations #failforward #realestate #success #author#Texas #Iowa ** CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN — WE THE SPECIES Hosted by Calvin Schwartz Meet JIM MAZZIOTTI; Once again, I invoke elements of thevast universe for connectivity. I met Jim Mazziotti a month ago. A blink of aneye, and I was a guest on his podcast, ‘Senior to Seniors,’ obviously focusingon seniors. Gosh, I’m an octogenarian. A perfect interview. Check it out. Now Iget a chance to host Jim, a fascinating, hugely accomplished top real estateand property specialist. He is eloquent, successful, giving, sensitive, andcaring. A visionary, family man, and author. Now watch this. Today’s interviewdeals with ‘How to Fail Forward.’ The most important skill in business and lifeis not the ability to succeed. It’s the ability to fail forward. This isbrilliant thinking. Comes from John C. Maxwell’s landmark work. Achievingsuccess through failure. You all really should watch this interview. In themeantime, some ideas and words to energize. Often, Jim talks about reducingfear. Allow failure. Take action. Failing backward is waving a white flag.Failing forward is accepting everything. He originally studied music. Wouldlove to…

People in this episode

Host: Calvin Schwartz

Guest: Jim Mazziotti

Topics covered

• failure
• success
• real estate
• personal development
• interview

Keywords

• fail forward
• real estate
• success
• John C. Maxwell
• personal development

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Texas, Iowa, Oregon

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