Steve Williams: Why Early Failure is an Advantage

Why early failure is an advantage - the answer might surprise you! Certified Leadership Consultant Steve Williams started his own consulting company in 2013 after spending over 35 years in manufacturing leadership positions working with companies around the world. Steve taught at the master's level for a dozen years, is a public speaker and master storyteller that combines his unique perspective and experience with humor to educate and entertain his audience. An accomplished author, Steve's latest book is "Notorious: Leadership Lessons from History's Most Notorious Leaders". While writing Notorious, Williams combed the history books, researching the techniques, methodologies, and strategies of these infamous figures, and what he discovered caused him to rebrand them as some of the most brilliant leaders of all time. In episode 626 of the Fraternity Foodie podcast, we find out what college graduates misunderstand about entering an unstable economy, what parallels we see in history's most notorious leaders and what college students are experiencing today, why early failure is an advantage, why college graduation the best time in life to fail fast and fail forward, what would the "notorious" leaders in his book would say to someone who feels late or lost at 22, what "control the controllables" looks like for a new grad entering a rough job market, why the first job shouldn't be about money — but about acceleration, how college students can start building contingency plans the right way, and what he would give every graduating senior. Enjoy!