Failure Decoded
Failure Decoded
Failing the bar exam, fighting perfectionism & embracing failure with Ashley Menzies Babatunde
Ashley Menzies Babatunde is an attorney, graduate of Stanford and Harvard Law School, activist, disruptive thinker, a natural storyteller and podcaster.
Failure, setbacks or success do not define her. She is proud of her success because she has worked extremely hard to beat failure.
Her podcast, No Straight Path, is all about highlighting stories, emphasizing communities and learning from people's experiences and also helping others get access to these stories.
Ashley shares her friend’s perspective about failure which helped her embrace failure as a normal part of everyone’s success story.
Ashley makes compelling points about why it's important to talk about failure and how it could help people be less judgmental and approach others’ experiences with more curiosity, empathy and compassion.
Show Notes:
7:31 - Failing was devastating
8:03 - Failure does not define Ashley, grit and resilience do
8:30 - Normalizing failure
10:25 - Deep dive into failing the Bar exam
13:09 - Dispel shame and stigma attached to failure
19:00 - Fighting perfectionism
20:54 - Striving for excellence
23:07 - Supportive parents make a huge difference
24:00 - Humanizing stories as there are not enough stories to learn from
26:00 - How to connect with people and not be awkward about it in an effort to
emphasis communities, highlight their stories
28:16 - Ashley's podcast 'No Straight Path', story behind connecting organically, showcasing various stories through this medium.
32:30 - Mindset shift about failure because of her friend’s story
33:45 - Failure happens only if you're doing something. Failure is an event that happens when people are setting themselves up to succeed. All emotions need to be felt.
35:05 - Honor the pain and then formulate an action plan to bounce back.
36:05 - Why talking about failure or setbacks and sharing it is important.
37:00 - Share more and humanize experiences so it is easy for others.
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Links:
Follow Ashley Menzies Babatunde on Linkedin & Instagram
Read her stories on her Blog
No Straight Path Podcast & Instagram
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