Sunday, June 15, 2008

A Perspective on Failure








We often point out project failure. However, it is important to learn from it. Here's a perspective, from JK Rowling, on how failure can be harnessed for success. ...

Harry Potter's success was born of failure ...

... "So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. " ...


Via Harvard Magazine: J.K. Rowling at Harvard Commencement

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