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Eight Superstars’ Best Mistakes

In this post from Wired Magazine, there are interesting stories of how eight superstars’ stumbles and missteps taught them

- not feel sorry for yourself, and the importance of listening. (Bill Clinton)

-  how quickly perception can become reality. (Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu)

-  “…it’s never as bad (or as good) as it seems at the time.” (Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media)

-  to invest for the long term. (Meg Whitman, former CEO of EBay)

-  the value of rapid prototyping. (Max Levchin, CEO of Slide)

and more.  Excellent real-world reminders of the principles described in the complementary Fresh Ideas issue Risk Failing Well .

Add comment March 8, 2010


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