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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

  • Superman Couldn't Fly
  • This School Shares Failures
  • Jim Croce's Parents Hoped He Would Fail

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Author Archive

Email Failures and Successes

May 30th, 2010
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So, we sent out a bunch of emails to the many, many people Robby has met over the years to announce the book. We learned a lot about email failure.

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The Value of an Oil Spill

May 20th, 2010
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Untold millions of barrels of oil spilled out into the Gulf of Mexico. Was there really going to be any benefit to this failure?

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It’s Tuesday!

May 18th, 2010
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Part of Failure: The Secret to Success covers the world of improv comedy. (If you’ve ever seen an improvise theater show, you know that the joyful failure is the best part.) So what does that have to do with Tuesday?

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Fall on your face?

May 17th, 2010
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Reader Mandy Cooley submitted the following quote: “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” -Victor Kiam Photo © Flickr User eschipul It’s true that failure often involves advancing in unceremonious ways. We shouldn’t be afraid of falling down. After all, it’s the getting up that we find most impressive and exhilarating.

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Need a Review Copy?

May 16th, 2010
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Failure needs reviews. That means people have to read the book, tell us what they think, and then those reviews go out into the world.

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Time to Start a Blog

May 15th, 2010
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Failure: The Secret to Success is officially available for order!

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