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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
Mozart Was A Failure, Too
Seeing as how we have written a post about Beethoven’s failure, it only seemed right to share some of Mozart’s failures as well. Though his life was certainly short, he contributed amazing musical masterpieces, even though he was met with numerous losses.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born January 27, 1756, was a very determined and serious child. His love of music came from his father, who was the assistant choir director to the Archbishop of Salzburg. When he was younger, he and his sister, Anna, performed regularly for royalty and religious echelons.
In 1773, Mozart’s father tried to get him an appointment to the Imperial court in Vienna. The appointment was refused and he failed to keep his position as a court musician. That failure didn’t stop the musical genius from composing. He went home and created some of his most famous pieces, including the opera Il ré pastore and Credo Mass, which is technically entitled Mass in C Major.
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He met another failure when he performed The Marriage of Figaro at Theatre An Per Wien. The Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was quoted as saying:
“Far too noisy, my dear Mozart. Far too many notes.”
And finally, between 1788 and 1791, Mozart was met with his biggest flop. His last three compositions were considered massive failures. He died tragically in 1791 at the young age of 35. Though the man was met with many rejections, he left behind a legacy full of musical genius that no one can dispute. His failures only spurred him to create more. And his failures definitely lead to success!
