# Risk and Failure Review

Two parts: name where courage comes from, and examine a failure with a cool,
friendly eye. Creative work means exposing the unready; courage rarely comes
from past success. It comes from something larger than the vulnerable self —
values, people, or purpose.

## Part 1 — Courage

- The risk I am facing: ____________
- What makes it feel risky: ____________
- Values this work serves: ____________
- People who matter in this work: ____________
- A mission or purpose pulling it forward: ____________
- What "aiming true" means for me here: ____________

## Part 2 — Failure review

- What failed: ____________
- What I was trying to do: ____________
- What happened, in plain terms: ____________
- What I contributed to the outcome: ____________
- What was outside my control: ____________
- What this teaches me: ____________
- What I will keep from the useful criticism: ____________

## Next attempt

- What I will try differently: ____________
- One small, reversible step I can take: ____________
- When I will take it: ____________