Why Failing Might Be the Best Thing You Do This Year

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Written By Andy Fletcher

Over one month into the COVID-19 pandemic and the reboot of theMangoTimes podcast is going strong.

On this episode, Fletch dives into The Fletchifesto to discuss what it took for him as a Type 3/Achiever on the Enneagram to learn that it’s okay to fail. Was it nurture or nature? He dives into all of this and more as he discusses that it’s okay to fail because we grow from our mistakes.

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Andy Fletcher

Andy "Fletch" Fletcher has been married to Kendra for more than 30 years. He is a proud father to 5 sons, 3 daughters, but has added a few more kids by marriage and now a few grandchildren who call him Pops.
During the day he can be found fixing people's teeth, but the rest of the time you can find him smoking a pipe, enjoying a cup of coffee, riding a motorcycle or hanging out with his loyal black lab, Champ.
Enjoy everything you see on theMangoTimes from this Sierra-loving, wife-smooching, dog-walking, pipe-smoking, mountain-hiking positive guy as he quietly makes some noise.

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