failure – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:05:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 Failing v Quitting https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/failing-v-quitting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=failing-v-quitting Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:47:29 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=7785 Yesterday, somebody sent me a link to the formal ritual whereby the freshmen/women (called “Rats”) of the Virginia Military Institute are pried loose from their parents’ loving arms and deposited with a third class corporal to be whipped into hard men and women during four demanding years at the nation’s oldest state military school. At […]

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]]> The Value of Failure https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-value-of-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-value-of-failure https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-value-of-failure/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:49:32 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=4961 Big Red Car here waiting for The Boss who is arriving back today from skiing. The wild running late with the housesitter good life is ………………………….. over. So, I was talking with a couple of CEO cars and we got on the subject of the value of failure in long term success. One of them […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-value-of-failure/feed/ 2 A Story for You https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-story-for-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-story-for-you https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-story-for-you/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:49:22 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=4526 Big Red Car here in a dripping ATX day. It is the kind of day for a long nap and some football. The Boss is down in Houston for a wedding and I’m left with the house sitter and NO prospect of a ride with the top down. The house sitter is usually good for […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-story-for-you/feed/ 1 The Physics of Failure https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-physics-of-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-physics-of-failure https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-physics-of-failure/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:51:04 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=4072 Big Red Car here. Wow, is the weather in the ATX spectacular! We’ve got the start of 300,000 folks in town for SXSW (South By Southwest) and the weather is for you visitors. Move here, please. Get some TexMex at Guero’s Matt’s El Rancho, Chuy’s, Santa Rita and get some BBQ at Green Mesquite. Don’t […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-physics-of-failure/feed/ 3 A Political Failure https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-political-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-political-failure Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:00:14 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3706 Big Red Car here in the ATX at a crisp 49F headed to a high of 65F. To my friends in Buffalo, I have some advice. Whoever has been praying for snow can stop now, y’all. It worked. So tonight the President will unveil his plans to dramatically change the immigration system through the issuance […]

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]]> Whither Crimea? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/whither-crimea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whither-crimea Tue, 06 May 2014 12:52:48 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3366 On 9 May 2014,  Russia celebrates its victory over Germany in the Second World War.  It is a very important Russian victory celebration. President Vladimir Putin will be celebrating in the Crimea thereby closing the loop as to who owns Crimea. It is reported Vlad the Great intends to go shirtless and to show those […]

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]]> Failure is a choice https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/failure-is-a-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=failure-is-a-choice Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:11:56 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3197 Big Red Car here.  It is particularly sweet here in the ATX this weekend.  The azaleas are starting to bloom.  This is why one lives in the ATX. On Earth as it is in Texas, ya’ll! So The Boss is having a chat or two with his CEO clients and the issue of failure comes […]

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