Follow each week as they courageously pursue their dream, supported by fellow members of the Failure Club. Along the way, they are gaining a new and powerful perspective on failure as something to be embraced and pursued rather than avoided.

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Eric

Gina

Ignacio

Jess

Liz

Meg

Before making his Oscar-nominated hit documentary “Super-Size Me,” Spurlock was evicted from his apartment and $250,000 in debt!

But now he’s found success, and he says you can too!

He’s trying to prove it in his brand-new web series on Yahoo! Screen – it’s called “Failure Club.” He talks with Alina Cho and Deb Feyerick about the show this morning on American Morning.

Watch the video of his interview here

1) Success is a pre-requisite for Failure.  We believe that success is what people are willing to settle for when they are afraid to fail at something truly life defining.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with success, and it is obviously necessary to have a certain amount of success to cover the basic needs (food, shelter, flat screen TV, etc).  But rarely is that enough to truly inspire and excite us.  So this club is designed to attract the people for whom ‘success’ is not enough, and who want to reach for something audacious and bold – which means that failure is highly probable.  The name Failure Club filters out those with lesser ambitions.

2) Failure is Fun.  We often reference Edison and his quest to create a viable light bulb.  Common legend has it that he tried nearly 10,000 variations before finding the perfect filament for his light bulb.  Can you imagine suffering thru 10,000 failures?  This would have been impossible without a profound shift in perspective.  Rather than look at each one as a negative, he actually reveled in the discovery process.  This lab or ‘sandbox’ was his playground, and he was most happy when he was in that mode.  In fact, when he finally reached ‘success,’ what do you think he did next?  Yep, went right back into the lab to start ‘failing’ at his next invention – electric power plants, fuses, insulated underground wires, movie cameras ….

3) Failure is not just a word.  If you deconstruct failure to its’ component letters, you find that there are some incredibly inspiring words embedded in failure, including ‘air,’ ‘fire,’ ‘life,’ ‘flair,’ and ‘fuel,’ in addition to ‘fear’ (click here for full list) Failure Club teaches members to look at failure in new ways, and in so doing, discard the negative associations.  Once you learn that the word ‘failure’ can be reshaped into a positive, then it is easy to see how the concept of Failure Club can be a powerful motivator.

4) Failure takes practice.  Like everything in life, practice makes perfect.  The more you fail, the better you get!  The Failure Club propels you forward, starting with small failures and working up.  Everyone can point to failures in their life, but rarely are they deliberate.  We ask you to directly confront the fears you have around failure and as you get more practiced, then those quickly lose their potency.  By the end of the year, the fears you have experienced throughout your life will be gone.  Filling that void will be a powerful new tool for pursuing any dream you may have, regardless of how grand or whimsical.

If you would like to start or join a Failure Club in your community, please visit failureclub.org/pods/

Watch weekly episodes of Failure Club on Yahoo Screen

Click here to submit a Failure Club project

Click here to create a Failure Club pod in your hometown

Happy Failing,

As in the real-world Failure Club, the seven participants in the docudrama meet every two weeks for a year to help each other achieve the things they’d otherwise never dare to do.  The members ar

• Gina – Her goal is to win a blue ribbon in an equestrian jumping competition – within 1 year
• Meg – Her goal is to perform a live stand-up comedy routine for an audience of 200 – within 1 year
• Liz – Her goal is to start a Handyman referral business with 10,000 customers – within 1 year
• Eric – His goal is to build a custom motorcycle and lead across-country ride in honor of his dad – within 1 year
• Elizabeth – Her goal is to write a new Christmas song that becomes a top ten seller on iTunes – within 1 year
• Ignacio – His goal is to launch a men’s haberdashery and a new designer line for men – within 1 year
• Jess – Her goal is to launch a catering business and land 100 clients – within 1 year

Success is far from guaranteed, and there will be many, many failures along the way.  Join them on their journey

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