Ep. 52 - Foundation First: How Flexibility Prevents Failure with Cara Brookins

Well, it is what we're talking about.

And also, to key in on one thing you said, you didn't want to fail.

You didn't want to fail.

Well, YouTube videos give us a really easy road to success because they don't show a lot of failure, right? Everyone succeeds, even if they show a couple of breakouts of, hey, here's a couple of bloopers.

Typically, they succeed and they succeed very quickly.

So that's one thing that helps get us moving.

But the other thing about not failing is this was a big part of how we built the house.

What would be the worst case scenario if you failed? I asked my kids this all the time when we're trying to do something on the house.

So if you failed in that example, you failed at fixing that, what would have happened?

I'd have to call a repair person and pay him money.

You were in the same position.

You were already in that position.

It didn't work.

You would be in a position where it didn't work.

You were in a position where you'd have to call somebody.

You were already in a position.

That's ridiculous that we're afraid.

We're already in that position.

You've already accepted the worst case scenario.

For example, when the kids and I were standing around on the construction site and we had to make a diagonal cut.

None of us could do geometry.

Diagonal cuts were our worst nightmare.

And everybody would stand around like twirling their toes in the sawdust.

We couldn't do that.

We didn't have time for that.

Well, it is what we're talking about.

And also, to key in on one thing you said, you didn't want to fail.

You didn't want to fail.

Well, YouTube videos give us a really easy road to success because they don't show a lot of failure, right? Everyone succeeds, even if they show a couple of breakouts of, hey, here's a couple of bloopers.

Typically, they succeed and they succeed very quickly.

So that's one thing that helps get us moving.

But the other thing about not failing is this was a big part of how we built the house.

What would be the worst case scenario if you failed? I asked my kids this all the time when we're trying to do something on the house.

So if you failed in that example, you failed at fixing that, what would have happened?

I'd have to call a repair person and pay him money.

You were in the same position.

You were already in that position.

It didn't work.

You would be in a position where it didn't work.

You were in a position where you'd have to call somebody.

You were already in a position.

That's ridiculous that we're afraid.

We're already in that position.

You've already accepted the worst case scenario.

For example, when the kids and I were standing around on the construction site and we had to make a diagonal cut.

None of us could do geometry.

Diagonal cuts were our worst nightmare.

And everybody would stand around like twirling their toes in the sawdust.

We couldn't do that.

We didn't have time for that.