The science behind floundering intelligently

What does Ormie teach us about struggling?

‘’Floundering Intelligently’’ can loosely be translated to ‘’thinking on your feet’’

When Thomas Edison was being questioned by a mischievous journalist on how he felt for having failed for 999 times before getting the idea of the light bulb, his confident response was: “I have not failed 999 times, I have only learnt 999 ways of how not to make a light bulb.” Though Tesla may definitely disagree...

Read more here on what floundering intelligently means and how to do it more successfully.

Floundering intelligently is a good place to be as long as you can get out the pit! You usually you can, eventually, but if you need a little help don't forget to always use the 4Bs (brain, book, buddy & boss).


  • Which subjects do you find hard?
  • Why do you find them hard?
  • Are you actually floundering intelligently?
  • How could you challenge yourself in all your subjects?