Megan McArdle's remarkable new book proves what we all know inherently about the U.S. identity -and which Michael Barone conveniently reminds us of: Americans learn to succeed by learning from failure; perseverance and motivation matters; @MichaelBarone, @asymmetricinfoMy mother sent me an interesting email this morning from Central Florida about author Megan McArdle's new book because she heard her interviewed today on the Diane Rehm Show, which as I've mentioned many times here previously, I listened to every weekday for 15 years when I lived and worked in the Washington D.C. area from 1988-2003, but less so since returning to South Florida 10 years ago.
When I read her email, I recalled that Michael Barone had written something positive about it recently, below.
Many years ago, probably the late '90's, there was a huge storefront window display on the ground floor of a large office bldg. on K Street & 15th in Washington where a client I did work for frequently had an office.
It's the Southern Railway Building in the Federal Triangle area of D.C.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/5176785130/
It featured some red, white and blue bunting and had numerous photos of Abraham Lincoln -whom I'm distantly related to via the Holmes family- and consisted of a list of the number of times that Lincoln ran for elective office -and lost.
Lost over-and-over and then some.
But he kept persevering -and he learned from his mistakes.
Wish I'd had both a top-quality camera and a blog back then, so I could share the photos of that display with you here!
You can hear Megan McArdle discuss her book here:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-02-17/megan-mcardle-side-down
Americans learn to succeed by learning from failure http://t.co/ihAxHaqGk8
— Michael Barone (@MichaelBarone) February 5, 2014
Washington Examiner
POLICY: ECONOMY
Americans learn to succeed by learning from failure
BY MICHAEL BARONE
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 AT 5:00 PM
America succeeds because Americans fail and forgive. That's the intriguing message -- or part of it -- of Megan McArdle's new book The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success.
McArdle, a Bloomberg blogger and columnist, stands out among economic writers, and not just because she’s the only woman among them who is 6-foot-2. She combines a shrewd knowledge of economics and practical experience with a writing style that every so often segues into comedy monologue.Read the rest of the article at:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/americans-learn-to-succeed-by-learning-from-failure/article/2543527
More from Megan McArdle at @asymmetricinfo:
https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo
You also might want to check out one of my all-time favorite books, The Corporate Steeplechase: Predictable Crises in a Business Career by Srully Blotnick, from 1984.
More insight into business, human behavior and personality types than you'll read just about anywhere.
http://www.amazon.com/Corporate-Steeplechase-Predictable-Crises-Business/dp/0871968401/ref=la_B001HOF9T0_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392663618&sr=1-4
