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Every child messes up, sometimes in ways that seem sure to wreck their futures: a bad report card, poor sportsmanship, underaged drinking. These are tough moments for parent and child alike, often complicated by the fear that the misstep is also an indictment of our parenting. But what each of these "fails" has in common for our kids is the precious silver lining of a chance for character building and developing more grit-if we help them process their...
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"If you want to succeed in business and in life, Megan McArdle argues in this hugely thought-provoking book, you have to learn how to harness the power of failure. McArdle has been one of our most popular business bloggers for more than a decade, covering the rise and fall of some the world's top companies and challenging us to think differently about how we live, learn, and work. Drawing on cutting-edge research in science, psychology, economics,...
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Center Street
Pub. Date
2013.
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1st ed.
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xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Explores the most common lessons we learn when we experience loss and explains how to turn a set-back into a step forward by examining the eleven elements that make up the DNA of those who learn.
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English
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We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we’d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn’t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn’t). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?
We human beings have design flaws. Our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the retelling, and most of us are fairly sure we’re way above
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TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2016]
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242 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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As a father of two competitive boys, Weinman struggled to convince them that failing can actually be a critical part of success. He sought out the perspectives of people who have turned significant setbacks into meaningful comebacks to illustrate how we can not only overcome defeat but grow stronger from the experience. He asks readers to redefine what constitutes success and failure, and offers an essential blueprint for harnessing the power of setbacks...
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle--one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters--a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II--need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
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PEARSON BUSINESS
Pub. Date
2020
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1 online resource
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English
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How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up is your ultimate ANTI life coach. Be warned: whatever you do, dont do the opposite of what you learn here or else youre in serious danger of making some positive changes and leading a more successful life. How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up turns the concept of self-improvement on its head. It brings together 47 and a half leading ideas in personal and business development, and oers a total antidote to the...
10) Complete and utter failure: a celebration of also-rans, runners-up, never-weres, and total flops
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1994]
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First edition.
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xi, 258 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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FT Press
Pub. Date
©2008
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1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations
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English
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Really want to know how to fail? Consistently? Massively? Irrevocably? Steve McDermott's spent years studying the world's greatest failures: those extraordinary individuals who've spectacularly underachieved in every walk of life. They all use the exact same skills and strategies--and you can learn them, too. (Maybe you know some already!) In this quick, incredibly practical guide to failure, McDermott brings together dozens of state-of-the-art techniques...
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Portfolio/Penguin
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[2015]
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xi, 322 pages : illustrated ; 24 cm
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English
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"Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it's safe to fail, "--Amazon.com.
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Twelve
Pub. Date
2013.
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First edition.
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vi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Studying competitive arenas from the workplace, the stock market, sport, politics, the military and schools and usingthe latest findings in genetics, neuroscience and behavioural psychology, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman unveil the astounding, often counter-intuitive truths about how we compete and the crucial ingredients that sometimes stand between winning and losing.
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English
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Outlines a counterintuitive approach to changing the world by assessing its failures, drawing on myriad disciplines to argue that complex challenges must be met through adaptive trial-and-error practices that do not depend on expert opinions or ready-made solutions.
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/MALAMUD AWARD WINNER • A masterful collection of short stories that explores intimacy and love and their failures—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day and “one of the country’s best writers” (San Francisco Chronicle).
With remarkable insight and candor, Richard Ford examines liaisons in and out and to the sides of marriage. An illicit...
With remarkable insight and candor, Richard Ford examines liaisons in and out and to the sides of marriage. An illicit...
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2011.
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291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Outlines a provocative approach to improving one's life by embracing mistakes, citing cutting-edge behavioral studies and high-profile examples to reveal the importance of sincere apologies and taking responsibility.
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