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It is logical to deduct that success early on in a career is an indicator of future success, but a new study from Northwestern Kellogg School of Management found the opposite: an early career setback is a better indicator of future success than early achievement. Scientists who nearly received a significant grant from the National Institutes of Health ultimately published more work than those who barely received the grant. Dr. Dashun Wang, an associate professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School and a co-author of the study told the Kellogg Insight that in the long run,the losers ended up being better.

Their conclusion is counter-intuitive, and contradicts everything we are taught as a culture: that success breeds success. Entrepreneurs and creatives have claimed for a long time that failure is the foundation of their success. Stephen King wrote in his book On Writing, The nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of therejectionslips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and kept on writing. The spike was evidence of his effort. J.K. Rowling gave a commencement address at Harvard in 2008 titled, The Fringe Benefits Of Failure And The Importance Of The Imagination. She said, Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos often discusses how failure is the key to innovation, and how there is no innovation without failure. In his 2016 letter to shareholders he wrote, "Failure comes part and parcel with invention. Its not optional. We understand that and believe in failing early and iterating until we get it right." The difference is now this theory is backed by scientific research.

The authors of the study eliminated all other variables that could have impacted this progression, like partnering with influential collaborators, changing to more prestigious institutions, changing research topics or moving into a hot field of research, but those variables were still not enough to account for the ultimate gap in success between the near miss scientists and the scientists that barely received the grant. With no clear external variable that could have impacted the scientists success, the teams analysis indicates that the failure may have motivated the near miss scientists to improve. Kellogg strategy professor and study co-author Benjamin F. Jones told the Kellogg Insight, The advice to persevere is common, he says. But the idea that you take something valuable from the lossand are better for itis surprising and inspiring.

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Recent Study Shows Early Career Setbacks Are Key To Long Term Success - Forbes

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