Getting it wrong - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Getting it wrong - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog If youre not having a fair degree of failures, youre not exposing yourself to the upside of getting it dramatically right on dark horses. If you dont like going home at night with a feeling of uncertainty, then youre not cut out for it. If you try too hard to improve your failure rate, you become afraid of your inbox, terrified by the proposals made by authors and their agents. You end up having either no output or a book that is so bland that no one will want to read it. Discovering J.K. Rowling has reminded me of the sheer fun of knowing long before anyone else that you have something that will change the world. Nigel Newton, CEO of Bloomsbury, the publishing company who discovered Harry Potter This underlines the importance of getting it wrong once in a while, and the utter stupidity of the old Get it right the first time maxim. From an article in Fast Company. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related