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May 2012

  • John Cusack and the Unproducable Script
  • The Luxury Car Built by Spite

April 2012

  • [VIDEO] Harrison and the Diving Board
  • The Tasty Failure of Oranges
  • What's in a Band Name
  • The Upside of Being Dishonest
  • A Case For Failing
  • From Broke to Multimillionare

March 2012

  • [VIDEO] The Most Famous, Unused Poster
  • How Angry Birds Became Successful
  • Vendor Says: Failure Is a Huge Success
  • Winning the Rejection Game
  • Fred Astaire on Making Mistakes
  • Roundoff Error: Failure and Success
  • [VIDEO] Dr. Kate on Failure

February 2012

  • Where The Sun will Finally Shine
  • Use Errors, Make Training Efficient
  • Unfinished, But Inhabited
  • The Success of Failure, via CNN
  • Einstein Actually Had Excellent Grades
  • The Physics of Discarded Paper
  • The Power of Failing

January 2012

  • Offensive Advertising, Increased Sales?
  • I Sold Out For Millions, Then Worked At McDonald's
  • Steve Jobs on Failure
  • The Famous Western Failure
  • Thank Goodness for Drug Addicts

December 2011

  • It's a Wonderful Failure

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From Homeless to Hero

January 7th, 2011 - Leave a comment »

It’s no secret that it’s tough to be homeless. Through the power of YouTube, however, one man has found a new lease on life.

Here’s the original YouTube clip (direct link):

Since that video hit the Internet, Ted Williams has become an overnight sensation. A New York Post article explains:

The homeless man with the “golden radio voice” wanted a second chance — and did he ever get it.

As soon as Ted Williams, a panhandler who became an online hit after video of him begging on an Ohio roadside was posted to the Internet, appeared on a local radio show this morning the offers began pouring in — including a dream job with the Cleveland Cavaliers and a free house.

“The Cleveland Cavaliers just offered me a full-time job and a house! A house! A house!,” repeated a stunned Williams, 53, on local radio station WNCI.

This story does not mean that the best way to become a voice-over personality is through alcoholism and homelessness. Rather, that even the most downtrodden can find success in the most unusual of ways.

Most of us are not holding a sign on the side of a highway. But our talents may be hiding behind a fear of failure. Learn more. Check out Failure: The Secret to Success today!

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