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Failure

  1. my biggest setback
    The Good Thing About Confessing Even Giant ScrewupsFigs co-founder Heather Hasson on the error that almost derailed her fledgling company.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  2. overloaded
    Am I Being Set Up to Fail?The recent wave of Black promotions and connections seems full of promise and potential, but this nagging thought remains.
    As told to Priska Neely
  3. write it
    You Wrote It and Now You Know It SucksEight writers describe throwing out writing.
    By the Cut
  4. games
    Losing Ain’t What It Used to BeIn sports, losing is as natural and inevitable as time or death. Everyone loses, eventually. But the way our culture treats our losers has changed.
    By Will Leitch
  5. Spicer: Anyone Who Says the Yemen Raid Failed Should Apologize to Dead Navy SEALYou can’t call a military endeavor a failure without insulting the soldiers who died pursuing it. Donald Trump has always believed this.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. everything guide
    Why You Suck at Stuff, and How to Get BetterFrom throwing pots to giving massages: finding the pleasure in being bad at something, and learning how to do it right.
    By David Marchese, Lauren Schwartzberg, and Jihan Thompson
  7. Charlie Kaufman Candidly Reflects on Failure, Directing, and His FutureIndiewire posted a new interview today with Charlie Kaufman, and if you’re a fan of Kaufman’s work, it’s an absolute must-read. Kaufman is […]
    By Megh Wright
  8. advice week
    Reshma Saujani Says: Be Shameless About Asking for Help Talking to the founder of Girls Who Code about failure, resiliency, and how to finance your ideas.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  9. Charlie Day Tells College Graduates About the Importance of Risk, Failure, […]Here’s a recent commencement speech It’s Always Sunny’s Charlie Day gave to his alma mater Merrimack College that’s two parts hilarious and one […]
    By Megh Wright
  10. When Meagan Prematurely Ends Her Trip to Mars, Let’s Respond in a […]You guys, Meagan is our friend. She has her faults, but she always means well. I guess what I’m really trying to say is that when Meagan’s plan […]
    By Brian Boone
  11. Watch Michael Cera and Aubrey Plaza in Michael Cera’s New Short Film Here’s “Failure,” a new short film Michael Cera made for the YouTube channel JASH. Cera directed and stars in the short alongside his Scott […]
    By Bradford Evans
  12. The Chase Is the Thing and the Thing Is the Chase: Learning to Love FailureThe following was posted to the Chris Gethard Show Tumblr as a response to an anonymously asked question, which follows. It’s reprinted here […]
    By Chris Gethard
  13. Watch Adam Carolla’s Failed Animated Pilot The above was Adam Carolla’s pilot for Birchum, his failed Fox series based on a Crank Yankers character. It’s amazing this show didn’t get […]
    By Jesse David Fox