Failing as Progress

Wally Bock challenges "fail fast and fail often."

I agree with his view that failure should not be a goal. My interpretation of the line is that you should recognize that failure often accompanies large endeavors and that if you are going to fail, it is better to fail quickly than to have a prolonged version of failure. I sometimes think of lawyers who work on litigation for years, only to lose in the end but there are many careers that operate in the zone of "not quite success" and "not quite failure." If that is acceptable, then fine, but if not then perhaps outright and fast failure would be preferable because it would shift efforts toward another goal, one which might be achievable.