John Krumboltz
Stanford professor, career counselor
John Krumboltz is a Stanford University professor who specializes in counseling psychology and career counseling. He co-wrote Fail Fast, Fail Often with Ryan Babineaux.
1 summary 19 min of listening
About John Krumboltz
At Stanford University, John Krumboltz holds a professorship in education and psychology, with a focus on counseling psychology and career counseling. He graduated from the University of Minnesota, Columbia University and Coe College. He has written or co-written more than 200 publications, among them Luck is No Accident: Making the Most of Happenstance in Your Life and Career. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and he received the Outstanding Research Award from the American Counseling Association. Together with Ryan Babineaux, he created the Stanford course "Fail Fast, Fail Often", and the two co-wrote the book Fail Fast, Fail Often. They argue that happy and successful people spend less time planning and more time trying new things.