Leticia Gasca: Don't fail fast -- fail mindfully
莉蒂西雅加斯卡: 別快速地失敗——要小心地失敗
Leticia Gasca is co-founder of the movement Fuckup Nights and Executive Director for the Failure Institute, the first think tank in the world devoted to studying business failure and the reasons behind it. Full bio
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that merchants whose businesses failed
經商失敗的商人
with a basket over their heads.
在頭上放一個籃子。
who had outstanding debts,
to the public square
against a special stone
用屁股撞擊一塊特殊的石頭,
were taken to the center of the market,
was publicly announced.
immediate imprisonment,
punish those who fail,
and business creation,
in any country.
這些都是經濟成長的引擎。
publicly humiliate failed entrepreneurs.
不再公開羞辱失敗的創業家。
their failures on social media.
廣播他們的失敗。
can relate with the pain of failure.
都能夠對失敗的痛苦感同身受。
of those experiences.
I have also been there.
我也走過這條路。
was incredibly hard.
a good dose of vulnerability
歷經脆弱和傷痛,
I met a group of indigenous women.
我遇到了一群原住民女子。
in the state of Puebla, in central Mexico.
一個貧窮的鄉村社區。
I cofounded a social enterprise
一間社會企業,
create an income stream
the business and training the women.
這個事業並訓練女性。
我們只是新手。
was totally unrealistic.
for years without a salary,
好多年都沒有領薪水,
有位很棒的買家到來,
the business profitable.
to create a positive impact
是想要創造出正面的影響,
and my resume for years.
不在履歷中寫到它。
the only loser in the world.
I was out with some friends
我和一些朋友一起出去,
about the life of the entrepreneur.
the issue of failure came out.
「失敗」這個議題。
the story of my failed business.
我創業失敗的故事。
became really clear in my mind:
一個想法變得十分清楚:
the only loser in the world,
做了驅魔一樣。
makes you stronger, not weaker.
會讓你更強,而非更弱。
in a deeper and more meaningful way
更有意義的方式和其他人連結,
I wouldn't have learned previously.
學到的人生教訓。
of businesses that didn't work,
share their failure stories.
a research center
一個研究中心,
on business, people and society
we called it the Failure Institute.
所以我們叫它「失敗會所」。
stands on a stage
of shame and embarrassment,
並不一定要和過去一樣
to share lessons learned
share their failures, magic happens.
and collaboration becomes easier.
合作也變容易了。
react in a different way
within one year of failure,
就再創辦一個新的事業,
of a new business.
from the impostor syndrome.
冒名頂替症候群的影響。
to be a good entrepreneur.
才能夠成為一個好的創業家。
women have everything that's needed.
都證明了女性已經有所需的一切。
they have enough knowledge
他們認為自己有足夠的知識,
in another place with better luck.
運氣好些的地方即可。
on how entrepreneurs cope with failure.
有區域性的差異。
in the American continent
is to look for a therapist.
則是去找治療師。
after the failure of a business,
產生哪種反應比較好,
we will study in the future.
has on failed entrepreneurs.
有著很深刻的影響。
a lot of time and a lot of money.
花很多的時間和金錢。
problems with partners,
will cost you 2,000 dollars.
要花兩千美元。
to save this amount.
才能存到這筆錢。
in most of the developing world,
在大部分開發中的國家裡,
of a business is two years.
closing a business takes two years.
營業的流程就要花兩年。
life expectancy of a business
to close it if it doesn't work?
會發生什麼事?
business creation
bankruptcy takes less time and less money,
時間和金錢都能減少,
of public policy recommendations
closing businesses in Mexico.
from all over the country
to help change the law.
the new regulation comes into force,
their businesses in an online procedure
來結束其企業的營運,
would grow this big.
能夠成長到這麼壯大。
of failure on the table.
這個主題拿出來談。
is something we must talk about.
我們必須要去談論失敗。
as it used to be in the past,
現在失敗不是羞辱的成因,
as some people say.
是慶祝的成因。
to Silicon Valley types or students
like it's no big deal, I cringe.
那沒什麼大不了的,我就會畏縮。
on the mantra "fail fast."
這句真言有著它黑暗的一面。
is a great way to accelerate learning
加速學習的一個好方法,
we present rapid failure
as their one and only option,
that entrepreneurs give up too easily.
of rapid failure
the devastating consequences
慘烈後果被最小化。
my social enterprise died,
to the indigenous community
回到原住民社區,
that the business had failed
like a great learning opportunity for me,
一個能讓我學習的機會,
the closure of this business
would stop receiving an income
I want to propose something.
that just as we put aside the idea
failed entrepreneurs,
that failing fast is always the best.
「最好能快速地失敗」的想法。
are made of people,
事業也是由人所形成的,
that appear and disappear
some people will lose their jobs.
有些人會失去工作。
of social and green enterprises,
can have a negative impact
they were trying to serve.
生態系統或社區。
of the consequences
那事業如果失敗了,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Leticia Gasca - Author, entrepreneurLeticia Gasca is co-founder of the movement Fuckup Nights and Executive Director for the Failure Institute, the first think tank in the world devoted to studying business failure and the reasons behind it.
Why you should listen
From a very young age, Leticia Gasca was committed to making the world a better place. When she was only 20 years old, she represented Mexico at the United Nations during the 62nd Session of the General Assembly.
In 2014, Gasca was recognized as a Gifted Citizen for leading one of the 30 most innovative projects in the world, and in 2015, she was awarded as Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.
More recently, Gasca was featured by OZY Magazine as a "Rising Star" and by The Economist as one of the "Voices from 2040." She is the author of the book Surviving Failure and a columnist at several newspapers and magazines.
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