Failing Forward: Stop Trying to Revive Dead Horses

In this Growth Notes episode, Frazier shares an excerpt from the book Failing Forward about inflexibility being a relentless enemy of achievement, personal growth, and success. He reads a humorous “top ten strategies for dealing with a dead horse” list—ranging from buying a stronger whip and forming committees to redefining what a live horse is and promoting the dead horse—highlighting how this resonates in corporate settings and in personal life. Frazier explains that people often cling to “how it’s always been done,” keeping dead horses in their mindset, strategies, systems, and processes, while principles may stay the same but approaches may need to change. He emphasizes that continuing to revive what no longer works wastes effort, and that if you don’t change, nothing changes.