What is a How-to-Fail List? (1) - Deepstash
What is a How-to-Fail List? (1)

What is a How-to-Fail List? (1)

Okay, good. Everybody should write at least one how-to-fail list. I will assume I convinced you. But what is that?

That’s pretty simple.

A How-to-Fail list is an exact description of the events that could make you fail a project that means a lot to you.

But not only that. It must contain the precise steps that would bring you to failure and the mistakes that would worsen the situation.

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When you are passionate about something, you try your best to avoid mistakes. So why don't you try to avoid them?

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