Weekly Quote: Tony Fadell, Author of “Build,” on Screwing Up

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Written By Joe Moyer
"Humans learn through productive struggle, by trying it themselves and screwing up and doing it different next time." Build by Tony Fadell

This week’s quote comes from the book Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell, founder and one-time CEO of Nest Labs and the co-creator of the iPod and the iPhone.

Mistakes are the language of growth, and the idea of productive struggle is one of untapped potential. It’s a powerful experience to learn something, especially after getting it wrong.

I’m a few days late with this because of illness in the family, and I’m unable to write many thoughts, although I do not doubt that I’ll be sharing more from this book in the future. Tony is an accomplished and driven guy from whom we can all learn a great deal.

Joe Moyer https://24letters.net
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