Comments on: The Man In the Arena http://www.schaefersblog.com/the-man-in-the-arena/ A Generalist in a World of Specialists Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gordon Brander http://www.schaefersblog.com/the-man-in-the-arena/comment-page-1/#comment-5927 Gordon Brander Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:16:12 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=231#comment-5927 One of my favorite thoughts on failure is from Ira Glass in his four-part series of thoughts on Creativity: <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=3qmtwa1yZRM" rel="nofollow">The video</a> is on Youtube, the quote starting at 2 minutes, 50 seconds... <blockquote cite="http://youtube.com/watch?v=3qmtwa1yZRM"> Failure is a big part of success. You're going to run with a lot of stuff, and it's going to go nowhere. And you should be happy about that. If you're doing that, your doing it right. If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get super lucky. </blockquote> One of my favorite thoughts on failure is from Ira Glass in his four-part series of thoughts on Creativity:

The video is on Youtube, the quote starting at 2 minutes, 50 seconds…

Failure is a big part of success. You’re going to run with a lot of stuff, and it’s going to go nowhere. And you should be happy about that. If you’re doing that, your doing it right. If you’re not failing all the time, you’re not creating a situation where you can get super lucky.

]]> By: Cameron Schaefer http://www.schaefersblog.com/the-man-in-the-arena/comment-page-1/#comment-5442 Cameron Schaefer Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:09:34 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=231#comment-5442 what can I say Akshay, great minds think alike! what can I say Akshay, great minds think alike!

]]> By: Akshay Kapur http://www.schaefersblog.com/the-man-in-the-arena/comment-page-1/#comment-5398 Akshay Kapur Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:20:44 +0000 http://www.schaefersblog.com/?p=231#comment-5398 Hehe...I have this up on my wall in my office. :) Hehe…I have this up on my wall in my office. :)

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