STP 160 | Fail Fast, Move Forward: Turning Mistakes into Progress
About this episode
This episode discusses how therapists and coaches can turn mistakes into progress by embracing a 'fail fast' mentality.
Fail Fast,Move Forward: Turning Mistakes into Progress This episode is for therapists, coaches, and helpers who have something half-built sitting in the background. A workshop outline. A group idea. A resource you keep tweaking but never share. You’ll hear what it actually looks like to build something that helps people—trying things, getting feedback, fixing what doesn’t work, and keeping it moving. If you’ve paused longer than you meant to, this will help you start again. Top 3 Reasons to Listen You’ll see why your first version isn’t supposed to be polished You’ll learn how to get useful feedback (without spiraling) You’ll know what to do when you feel stuck halfway through Highlights 00:00 – Why “fail fast” helps you finish faster 01:00 – The discomfort of building something new 02:00 – From personal pain to a practical tool that helps others 07:30 – Why slowing down helps people actually process their lives 10:30 – Creating space for honest conversations that usually don’t happen 13:00 – The moment the idea could’ve stopped—but didn’t 18:30 – Mapping a simple start and finish for your idea 22:00 – Why adding more usually makes it worse 23:30 – How to hear “this doesn’t…
People in this episode
Host: James Marland
Topics covered
- mistakes
- progress
- feedback
- perfectionism
- building ideas
Keywords
- fail fast
- feedback
- progress
- perfectionism
- building
- therapists
- coaches
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