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Failure: The Blog 
October 2012
- 'Goldeneye' Creators Had Almost No Experience
- Flushing Away an Enormous Problem
- The Little Lie About the Biggest Mountain
- You Should Unfriend 10 People on Facebook
- Inventor of Most Popular Guitar Could Not Play Guitar
- TV Show Star And High School Dropout
September 2012
- In Praise of Mediocrity
- The Failure to Patent a Billion Dollar Formula
- This Bus Stop is a Fake
- [VIDEO] A Hollywood Camera Move Made From Junk
- Productivity Through Self Denial?
- Harvard Business Review: Get Ready to Fail
August 2012
- The Innovative Power of Lying
- [VIDEO] You're Not That Great
- The Failure of a Great Singer
- James Cameron was Homeless
- Something Worse Than Failure
- Jackie Chan and the Plan to Fail
- On Failure and Baseball
July 2012
- Failure on the Radio
- Complaint Calls Can Be Useful
- The Terribly Useful Terrible Movie
- FedEx's Big Gamble (No, Really)
- Positive Fail, Dot Com
- How Boring Attire Wins
June 2012
Archive for April, 2012
[VIDEO] Harrison and the Diving Board
Reader Lorraine Ball, owner of an Indianapolis marketing company, pointed us at this short video on failure.
The Tasty Failure of Oranges
The humble navel orange is juicy and tasty. But it turns out that this delightful treat is a failure that’s been going for two hundred years.
What’s in a Band Name
One band that’s sold multiple platinum albums and taken home several Grammy awards has an unusual name. They took it from a scathing review early in their career.
The Upside of Being Dishonest
Failure should be avoided, right? So why is sometimes attractive to be dishonest? And what does telling lies say about our personality?
A Case For Failing
If you are interested in experiencing failure on a daily basis, consider a career in sales. You have to get a bunch of “no’s” for every “yes” if you want to succeed.
From Broke to Multimillionare
Who says you have to have to money to make money? Last month, a guy who barely could pay his rent sold his company for $180 million.