#Creative Experimentation

Glorious Mistakes as Engines of Creative Growth

Finally, make the habit concrete. State a hypothesis before acting so failure is diagnostic, not demoralizing. Ship small, frequent versions. Keep a “failure résumé” to track patterns and progress (see Johannes Haushofer’s CV of Failures, 2016). Run premortems to imagine how a plan failed and fix it in advance (Gary Klein, HBR, 2007). Most of all, close the loop—extract a lesson within 24 hours of any miss. In doing so, you honor Gaiman’s challenge: not merely to err, but to err into excellence. [...]

Tiny Experiments Toward a Life You Love

To make the idea livable, adopt a weekly loop: pose one clear question, design the tiniest test that could answer it, time-box the effort, and capture what you learned. On Fridays, review your log and decide whether to stop, tweak, or scale the experiment—the start/stop/scale rhythm keeps progress visible. Crucially, track energy as well as outcomes: note what felt enlivening, not merely efficient. Over months, the log becomes a map of resonant work and joyful routines. In that accumulation, Gilbert’s promise materializes: the tiny things add up to a life you love. [...]