Fail Brilliantly ─ Exploding the Myths of Failure and Success

"Fail Brilliantly offers readers a 'threshold concept' : we all spend much of our lives trying to cope with failure; sometimes we even try to reassign different values to it, but failure looms as a debilitating concept in millions of lives, affecting children and adults alike. The authors propose a radical shift: erase the word and the concept from the realms of education and human endeavors. Replace it with new words and concepts. This shift in position has the potential to transform our lives.
Chapter Titles
Introduction
1) The Neurobiology of Failure
2) First Degree Failures
3) Second Degree Failures
4) Third Degree Failures
5) The myth of failure
6) Most People are Failures
7) The language of Failure
8) The philosophy of Failure
9) The narrative of Failure
10) Transformative Thinking: The erasure of Failure
11) Living with Unexpected Outcomes
12) Tips and exercises for life-travellers" More

Shelley Davidow (MSEd) is a teacher, author and trained facilitator in Restorative Practice. She has taught students ages five to eighty in a wide variety of settings. She runs workshops internationally on the impact and management of stress at home, in the workplace, and in the classroom. With her focus on social and emotional health, Shelley has worked across the USA, the UK, and Australia in schools conducting readings, workshops, and facilitating discussions with young people on the many issues they confront. An award-winning author of thirty-eight books, which range from children’s fiction to adult non-fiction, her titles have been set at schools across the world. She lives on the east coast of Australia with her family and several noisy kookaburras. -