A potter's masterpiece shatters on the studio floor. Before he can sweep it into the trash, his teacher, a Shokunin, a master craftsman, stops him and asks one question: "Why did you throw away your masterpiece?"

What happens next is kintsugi: the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, so the cracks aren't hidden, they're highlighted. In this episode, Dr. Stephen Ginsberg unpacks the Kintsugi Mindset and what it means for how you handle failure on the course, at work, and everywhere in between.

Drawing on Nassim Taleb's Antifragile and the Japanese worldview of Wabi-Sabi, Stephen makes the case that your mistakes aren't flaws to conceal, they're feedback to use. But there's a catch: not every moment is the right moment for repair. This episode also covers the difference between the small, in-the-moment adjustment ...