Doesn’t look like it from the cover. But from this video, it looks like a book I need to pick up.
Tim Harford, author of Adapt: Why Success Always Start with Failure, gathers insights on failure from thinkers like J.K. Rowling, Muhammad Yunus, Samuel Beckett, and more. Also see famous creators on the fear of failure and Steve Jobs’ succinct wisdom on the subject.
“The secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.”
— Anthony Idem, Jr. (www.digitalvicegrip.com)
BRILLIANT. Honestly, where does he come up with them?
“The very first company I started failed with a great bang. The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed. The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly. Number four almost didn’t fail. It still didn’t really feel great, but it did okay. Number five was PayPal.”
Max Levchin, PayPal cofounder: FailCon: Failing Forward To Success : NPR
TRY, TRY, TRY AGAIN…
“Remember the victories so as to repeat them …
… Now forget them to avoid complacency.
Remember the losses so as to learn from them …
… Now forget them to avoid believing they reflect your potential.”
Don Miller
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So true for whatever your passion is. Just find it and get into it!
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