# Do you still see it as a failure?

- **Episode:** [218](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/218.md) (2025-07-29)
- **Type:** other
- **Tags:** failure, growth-mindset, learning
- **Time:** 35:29–36:29 (start 2129s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/218?t=2129](https://truthliesandwork.com/218?t=2129)

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[35:29] Al Elliott: No, 100% not. Um, had I not had that failure early on, if I had it now, that would be difficult to recover from both financially and Mentally, that would be a tough one to cut to. It's because imagine if you'd spent like 30 years building something or 20 years building something and then it went pop. So no, that's a tough one to come back from
[35:49] Leanne Elliott: Is that also why you're a big fan of the Gen Z, younger millennial generation who are out there with their side hustles and trying to build something for themselves?
[35:59] Al Elliott: Yeah, exactly. I think if you're going to get it wrong, get it wrong in your 20s. Because in fact, you should be getting it wrong in your 20s. I think there's an old Yiddish expression that's something like, if you're not making mistakes, you're not making enough decisions. And I would say in your 20s, if you're not on the brink of bankruptcy at least once every year, or if you're not doing something you really, really regret, you've not done something you really regret, then you've not made enough decisions. So I think you should go out there, try everything. It's like childbirth and Morris dancing