Comments on: To Embrace Greatness, Embrace Failure: 21 Tributes to Failure

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:56:13 +0000

These are marvelous. Just what I needed.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:09:59 +0000

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
-Plutarch (46 AD – 120 AD)

pls can someone tell me from which book is that part? thanks

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By: Reginald Reglus

Reginald Reglus — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:17:43 +0000

Charlie, another really great post! It reminds us that the fear of failure is not new. It is uniquely human but can be overcome. Others have gone before us and advise us to embrace it and use it, not fear it. We should trust these sages and go forth and fail our way to success. Thanks Charlie.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:48:54 +0000

@Tim: it’s a hard habit to break, I admit. The amount of energy we spend buttressing this fear is amazing – especially when you consider where that energy comes from. It’s the fear of failure that makes us more likely to fail in the grand scheme of things.

@Mike: Creative exercises that test what’s the worst that can happen have a tendency to show how much the anticipation is worse than the reality. Every once in a while I have to sit back and say “What’s the worst that can happen if I give this a shot with everything I have.” Usually, it’s wasted time. The benefits, though, are almost always worth the gamble.

@Kelly: That Hemingway quote is one of my favorites. The Art one is great, too – because I’ve learned how to figure out which one’s to keep and which ones to let sit.

Re: readers. Bribes. You didn’t get bribed because I knew you were already reading. Really, though, it’s been building pretty steady for a while.

@Niki: Glad to have helped! Thanks for commenting!

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By: Niki

Niki — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:51:24 +0000

Thanks, I needed this.

By: Kelly@SHE-POWER

Kelly@SHE-POWER — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:05:33 +0000

Charlie I am a massive Hemingway fan and I had his "I write one page of masterpiece to ninety one pages of shit" quote taped to my laptop when I was writing the first draft of my novel. Every time I stopped and wondered if I should keep going, when it seemed I was writing total garbage, I would look at that quote and power on. It's the single most important thing which helped me persevere and finish. I also love "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." Brilliant! Kelly PS. How did you get those RSS numbers my friend? Do tell! Kelly@SHE-POWERs last blog post..Birthday Reflections & The Voices In My Head

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