Learning from Failure: Failing, Creativity, and Growth

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Learning from Failure: Failing, Creativity, and Growth

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Jun 13, 2018

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When thinking about doing anything creative or entrepreneurial, many of us can be faced with worry that causes us to avoid acting at all. In this episode of How to Write Good, I talk about failure and the necessity of allowing oneself to fail.

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Jun 13, 2018

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