Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure me…

J. K. Rowling
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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ✨ J.K. Rowling (2015). Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination, p.37, Hachette UK
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