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Failure: The Blog 
August 2018
- When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
- Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
- London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
- Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start
July 2018
- Fear This Instead Of Failure
- Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
- A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
- The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
- Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti
June 2018
- A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
- US Army Embraces Mistakes
- Blocking A Hymn
- Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
- [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed
May 2018
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
- Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
- This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
- MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process
April 2018
- Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
Bad Spelling, On Purpose
Usually, we try to spell words correctly. But back in 1968, one of the most famous rock bands in the world decided to purposely misspell the name of their new group.
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Here’s the claim from one online source:
Stories vary, but basically Keith Moon told Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones that their new project would go over like a lead balloon, hence, Led Zeppelin. The Led spelling was to make sure people pronounced the name right.
That’s right, it’s supposed to be a “lead zeppelin.” Yet, the concern is that most people would read the word “lead” as the version that rhymes with “deed.” In that sense, “Lead Zeppelin” might be considered as describing the first in a long line of dirigibles! This was not the intention of the founders of the world-renown musical group.
Sometimes, we need to make mistakes on purpose to get our point across. The name “Led Zeppelin” contains an intentional error but it certainly works. Nobody says, “Leed Zeppelin.” Failure is the secret to success. You’ve got to do wrong once in a while if you want to set things right.
