Inspired by guests Jeff Leisawitz (episode 89) and Dr. Dani Chesson, Dr. Amy Climer shares the story of a big failure she experienced in 2006-2007. Most importantly, she talks about what she learned, what she would do differently, and how you can mitigate your risk on a project that might fail.What You’ll Learn* The story of Amy’s failed art practice* What Amy learned from being a professional artist* Advice for starting a project that might failResources* See Amy’s art at: amyclimer.com* The Deliberate Creative on C-suite Radio* Leave a review on iTunesTranscriptFeel like reading instead of listening? Download the free transcript or read it below. Enjoy!Transcript for Episode #090: What I Learned From a Big FailureAmy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 90. In today’s episode, I talk about one of my big failures and what I learned from the experience. First, I want to share a review that came in on iTunes. I could say this is a success, so before I share the failure, I am going to share the success. This is a review from C@TruEdge and it is a five star review titled “Essential Tools for Success.” They say:“This podcast is topnotch. The material is highly relevant. The speakers are always interesting and the presentations and conversations lively, informative and entertaining. It’s a fun way to learn essential tools for individual and organizational success. Thanks to Amy for sharing her expertise and passion for this work. I’m a big fan.”Thank you so much for the review. I really appreciate that. If you are listening and have not left a review yet on iTunes, please head on over there and leave a review. If you are listening on your phone, you can do that right from your iPhone or you can head over to www.climerconsulting.com/itunes. That will give you a direct link to iTunes where you can leave a review. Thank you so much, C@TruEdge as well as everyone who has left a review. It means a lot to me.The Story of Amy’s Failed Art Practice [Let’s talk about failure. I want to share with you one of my big failures and what I learned from the experience. This is a failure that happened in 2006/2007. In 2006, I was working full time at a university. I was in the School of Business and had been hired to develop an undergraduate leadership program for the school. I had been there for about two years at that point and I was getting a bit antsy. It was like, “Okay, time for something new.” At the same time, outside of work, I had been developing my skills as an artist. The type of art that I did was mostly quilts, but not the type of quilts you think of when you think of like your grandmother’s quilts. I did not make bed quilts. I have never made a bed quilt. But these were quilts that were very small. They hang up on the wall, often were framed and they are called Art Quilts. That is the genre of quilting. The particular ones I made were mostly really bright colors. I almost always either hand-dyed the fabric or I would paint the fabric. I would hand-dye all the cloth or I would use this really think dark cloth, kind of like a canvas, where I would paint it with acrylic paint and then layer that with a batting and a backing and stitch all that together. Technically, the pieces of art were quilts because they were three layers stitched...