A bit of context for anyone stumbling on this video 10 years later XD. Adam's dear friend named Gabi asked Adam if he could make an ATM for one of her friend's senior thesis projects. This other friend had worked and saved up for a year now for this project, and Adam was given a budget to make an ATM prop. He totally blew it and never asked anyone for help. Gabi calls him and tells him that she wants him to account for every penny in the budget. He goes to the house where they were shooting the project to go pick up his tools, and everyone is waiting for him.
It's comforting to hear someone famous whom I positively revere own up to their own all too human failings, and be able to chalk it up to lessons learned...
Failure has an astonishing amount of power. When you fail or make a mistake, it's not that you necessarily learn more but you learn it hard. By failing, you get at least a bit of a sting. The harder it stings you, the more you remember that mistake. There are some mistakes I make that I keep making and they are the painless ones. I forget them and repeat them. But when a mistake hurts, you bet your ass I won't do it again.
I think it was a case of wasted materials, so when he says "from every model I should have painted..." it means that he bought the materials in order to paint them, but did not actually paint them. and on something like mythbusters when they're doing alot of projects at the same time, wasted materials can become quite alot of money, so he had to remember all the materials he had bought but not used and account for all the money he spent. hope this clears it up.
I was wondering through most of his monologue what the point of it all was, then he finally tied it all together and made his point fantastically: as the title explains. Thanks for sharing. 5 stars.
@bananian He is very vague about it- he didn't do several things that he was supposed to do. But it REALLY REALLY doesn't matter. Pay attention to the lesson.
I think this is about him taking a job to build an ATM for a play or TV spot for a friend's college final or something and Adam couldn't pull it off but didn't want to admit he couldn't do it causing the friend to fail her class. NOTE: I heard it a while ago once so some of the story might be off.
to all those wondering what he did wrong, the entire story is told on a talk he did at The Amazing Meeting 7 and trust me it was pretty terrible, he also tells another failure story.
walker percy once wrote, that the word boredom may find its origine in the french word bourrer, what means to stuff, so the bored personality is the one that is stuffed with itself and i think that is what i am getting here, the rest is opera kitsch, bad opera kitsch, to be stuffed with that, and get something out of it, you have to believe...in opera kitsch. apart from that this speech gives boredom a real bad reputation that it does not deserve!
YE FOOKIN' TREADIN' ON A FINE LINE LAD. WHEN IM NOT ROUND' ME MOUNTAIN SIDE I BE A MIGHTY FINE SAILOR! IF YAR LOOKIN' FUR TRUBBLE LAD, YOU SCORED YERSELF A LOTTERY JACKPOT. AFTER IM DONE WITH YE YAR GONNA WISH YOU COULD TEND ME WINE AND SHINE ME SHOES!
A bit of context for anyone stumbling on this video 10 years later XD.
Adam's dear friend named Gabi asked Adam if he could make an ATM for one of her friend's senior thesis projects. This other friend had worked and saved up for a year now for this project, and Adam was given a budget to make an ATM prop. He totally blew it and never asked anyone for help. Gabi calls him and tells him that she wants him to account for every penny in the budget. He goes to the house where they were shooting the project to go pick up his tools, and everyone is waiting for him.
Thanks Fora, for cutting off the beginning and removing the context of the whole topic.
someone give kev3d his money back pls
It's comforting to hear someone famous whom I positively revere own up to their own all too human failings, and be able to chalk it up to lessons learned...
Failure has an astonishing amount of power. When you fail or make a mistake, it's not that you necessarily learn more but you learn it hard. By failing, you get at least a bit of a sting. The harder it stings you, the more you remember that mistake.
There are some mistakes I make that I keep making and they are the painless ones. I forget them and repeat them. But when a mistake hurts, you bet your ass I won't do it again.
There is 0 context for this video..
This is a terrific speech from Adam. I'm impressed with his maturity and sincerity.
Everyone should experience this sometime in their life.
I must say, this is a very good motivating speech, altho we also need to avoid unnecessary screw-ups
This footage makes me respect Adam on a whole new level! Wow.
Who is "Gabby" and what did Adam do that killed their friendship?
I think it was a case of wasted materials, so when he says "from every model I should have painted..." it means that he bought the materials in order to paint them, but did not actually paint them. and on something like mythbusters when they're doing alot of projects at the same time, wasted materials can become quite alot of money, so he had to remember all the materials he had bought but not used and account for all the money he spent. hope this clears it up.
So awesome how he can tell everyone this being famous and just feel so comfortable telling everyone.
Failure is the mother of success.
Failure informs you more about yourself than the successes.
Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement.
one must fail, even miserably sometimes, in order to succeed.
Good to hear. I screw up all the time. Good thing my family loves me!!
I was wondering through most of his monologue what the point of it all was, then he finally tied it all together and made his point fantastically: as the title explains. Thanks for sharing. 5 stars.
Failure is always an option
That Was Funny and Very good
thank you
@bananian
He is very vague about it- he didn't do several things that he was supposed to do. But it REALLY REALLY doesn't matter. Pay attention to the lesson.
I must have a shitload of character.
Cheers man!
Adam told this story at Brain Candy Live in Baltimore.
i think its a little extreme for fully grown adults to say that they aren't friends anymore
I think this is about him taking a job to build an ATM for a play or TV spot for a friend's college final or something and Adam couldn't pull it off but didn't want to admit he couldn't do it causing the friend to fail her class. NOTE: I heard it a while ago once so some of the story might be off.
to all those wondering what he did wrong, the entire story is told on a talk he did at The Amazing Meeting 7 and trust me it was pretty terrible, he also tells another failure story.
How about you read the description!?
...then they took one of his kidneys and sold it on the black market.
FAIL..............is not a bad thing, it's actually the opposite
I think he grew out his hair so people wouldn't mistake him for that look-alike doing a goatse impression.
I saw the whole story on another video a few weeks ago.
@rory hewson adam savage on failure
He is from New England.
What did he do wrong? The video doesn't say.
Watch the video in the link. Duh.
i was there
oooh, skipping on a loadout for a date? Yikes. That's one way to get your crew to hate you.
It seems this video started like half way through. What exactly did he do so terribly wrong??
What did Adam do wrong?
walker percy once wrote, that the word boredom may find its origine in the french word bourrer, what means to stuff, so the bored personality is the one that is stuffed with itself and i think that is what i am getting here, the rest is opera kitsch, bad opera kitsch, to be stuffed with that, and get something out of it, you have to believe...in opera kitsch. apart from that this speech gives boredom a real bad reputation that it does not deserve!
That only works when you're successful apparently lol. I do it all the time and and it's different because I'm an average civilian. haha
I don't get what is it that he screwed up?
what happened?
I don't understand what he's talking about? Didn't he do a perfect job off accounting for the money?
@girlsbdfa he messed up on a film and lost his best friend (gabby)
What is he on about?
Then you came to this video for the wrong reason.
I heard another speech were he told the entire story,and it's actually worse than that, not only was he on a date, he was having sex.
it was that bad.
HOW DO YOU GET SO SMART?
@wargenie95 not many, mostly greed,envy,lust, and anger
what did he even do?
So?
What's up with his hair?
Yeah yeah, I know, silly mistake
YE FOOKIN' TREADIN' ON A FINE LINE LAD. WHEN IM NOT ROUND' ME MOUNTAIN SIDE I BE A MIGHTY FINE SAILOR! IF YAR LOOKIN' FUR TRUBBLE LAD, YOU SCORED YERSELF A LOTTERY JACKPOT. AFTER IM DONE WITH YE YAR GONNA WISH YOU COULD TEND ME WINE AND SHINE ME SHOES!
I'm not a Troll, I'm just a bored internet dood.
Stop being so sensitive, if you smart you would have just ignored my previous comment.
LOL FAIL.
wow, great talk.