Blog about Leadership

I’m spending some time this weekend to review the speeches that were given this past week at the DNC convention in Denver. In another post, I will talk about Sen. Barack Obama’s speech, but for this post I want to briefly touch on something Sen. Joe Biden said.

Sen. Joe Biden, the DNC nominee for Vice President, gave his acceptance speech on Wednesday night, August 27, 2008. Sen. Biden is an intriguing choice for VP as he was first elected to the Senate when he was merely 29 years old.

Sen. Biden started with a talk about his father, who died, and his mother who was in the audience on Wednesday. He talked about the values he was raised with and the wisdom of his mother. He also shared his view on failure. It is a quote from Sen. Biden that I want to share with you for it is the same perspective that I have written about so many times on this blog about leadership.

Quote about failure from Sen. Joe Biden:
“Failure, failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”

To succeed in life, don’t be afraid to fail, all great leaders encounter failure at some point, but all great leaders know the importance and the value of enduring beyond the failure – never give up.

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