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What does Ormie teach us about struggling?
‘’Floundering Intelligently’’ can loosely be translated to ‘’thinking on your feet’’
‘’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?
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