About this quote

Own small failures in practice so the final moment doesn't collapse under pressure. Fail fast: prototype, rehearse, and find weak spots while the cost is low. Ask yourself: what can you break today so you stop gambling with the outcome tomorrow?

When to use it

• Rehearse a talk and force a mistake so you learn how to recover before standing in front of the audience.
• Build a quick prototype, push it to failure, then fix the weak points before the public launch.
• Practice hard interview questions with a friend and fail on purpose so the real interview isn't the first test.
• Write tests and try to break your code early so bugs are cheaper and easier to fix.