Failure + Girlfriends = New Directions at Age 66...
The meme of our time is failure. In fact, the folks at the HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW are all worried about Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership at Facebook since he hasn’t as yet failed and therefore not proved he has what it takes to come back Well, I got really lucky there. In 2003, I lost it all, ranging from my executive communications boutique to my mind. Nine years later, sure, I agree it was the best thing that happened to me. At the very least the fear of failure is gone. That in itself breaks us open to using our talent instead of blindly following some rules we grabbed onto chasing success. And that in itself is a lot. But it wasn’t enough to help me move out of hiding out inside myself. The missing piece...
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