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Fail Up: 20 Lessons On Building Success From Failure (2011)

by Tavis Smiley(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1401933904 (ISBN13: 9781401933906)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

SmileyBooks

review 1: I watch Tavis every night on PBS. I think he is intelligent, thoughtful, and insightful. I bought his book based on the title alone, quite frankly. Now that I'm in a place where I am putting myself out there, so to speak, the fear of failure is never far. What if I don't do something right? What if I make bad choices? What if everything just goes wrong? Tavis is someone I respect, and he's certainly been successful. Reading about his rights, and his wrongs, helps someone like me think, "You know what? Even if things don't work out exactly as I hoped, I can learn and grow." It's an important lesson everyone needs to learn, especially in this day and age where for some reason people don't like to admit that they make mistakes. I certainly make mistakes, and Tavis does too, b... moreut we can still become better people in the end.
review 2: It was OK. I have definitely thought about it in the weeks since finishing the book, so actually I guess it was pretty good. Despite Smiley's humble childhood, it seemed like many of his lessons came from a weird perspective of wealth and privilege, which is odd considering his social activism. This isn't necessarily bad, it just made it difficult to relate to the lessons learned while enjoying his enormous success. less

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