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🎧 Episode Overview (EP 223)
Failure is uncomfortable — but ignored failure is costly.
In this episode of the Engineer Your Success Podcast, Dr. James Bryant revisits a powerful framework for turning setbacks into meaningful growth. Building on last week’s conversation about recognizing wins and success autopsies, this episode explores the other side of the equation: using failure as feedback.
Rather than avoiding failure or beating yourself up over it, James walks through a practical, engineering-minded approach to learning from what didn’t work — so the experience doesn’t get wasted. Through real-world professional and personal examples, he introduces the concept of the Failure Resume and shows how leaders can extract insight, build better systems, and move forward with clarity.
🧭 What You’ll Learn
- When failure isn’t really failure — and what actually matters
- Why being right isn’t the same as being effective
- How to analyze setbacks without blame or shame
- The Failure Resume as a framework for learning
- How to apply root-cause thinking to leadership challenges
- Why lessons from work often strengthen life at home — and vice versa
🔩 Episode Highlights
- 00:00 — Introduction and Context
- 01:18 — Revisiting Past Lessons
- 02:30 — The Failure Resume Concept
- 02:45 — Personal Story: Leadership and Communication
- 06:32 — Analyzing Failures Objectively
- 07:37 — Using the Failure Resume
- 12:07 — Professional Example: Technical Presentation
- 13:44 — Personal Example: Time Management
- 16:03 — Conclusion and Homework
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