Gali Bloch Liran | The Human Founder | The Failure Matrix — What's Worth Fixing and What to Let Go - Product Builder Podcast episode with Eyal David
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Gali Bloch Liran | The Human Founder | The Failure Matrix — What's Worth Fixing and What to Let Go

Host: · Guest: Gali Bloch Liran

In this episode

  • There's no such thing as failure — only growth and learning. It's a mindset you can practice and reinforce all the time.
  • The first question to ask about any failure: is it momentary (one-time) or ongoing?
  • The second question: is the failure internal (fully my responsibility) or external (a factor outside my direct control)?
  • An internal, ongoing failure requires real work; a one-time failure — internal or external — you can simply move on from.
  • The interesting question isn't what the failure is, but what you do with it — how you turn it into a growth engine.

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Episode Description

A short tachles (no-nonsense) clip from the full conversation with Gali Bloch Liran, founder of The Human Founder: a simple matrix for understanding whether a failure is internal or external, one-time or ongoing — and what that means for what actually needs work versus what you can simply let go. A short, practical tool you can apply right away.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 · What even is failure?
  2. 0:12 · The matrix: internal/external, one-time/ongoing
  3. 5:20 · End of the tachles episode
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Selected quotes

“For me, there's no such thing as failure — there's only growth and learning.”
— Gali Bloch Liran
“The more interesting question isn't what the failure is, but what we do with the failure — how we turn it into our growth engine.”
— Gali Bloch Liran

Questions & answers

What's the matrix Gali Bloch Liran suggests for dealing with failure?

Two axes: one-time vs. ongoing, and internal (my responsibility) vs. external (a factor outside my control). An internal-ongoing failure needs work; a one-time failure of any kind, you can simply move on from.

Is it okay to feel bad when you fail?

Yes — Gali stresses you shouldn't deny the feeling. Give the emotion space, pause for a moment, and only then ask what active steps help you move on from that place.

What's the real question to ask about failure?

Not what the failure is, but what you do with it — how you turn it into your growth engine, according to Gali Bloch Liran.

People & resources mentioned

Dealing with Failure Entrepreneurship Reflection Entrepreneurial Mindset Product Builder

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