What does fertilizer have to do with publishing? Everything.
As a lifelong athlete I am a big fan of quotes. Before big games, I read inspirational quotes to get in the right mindset. Now I use quotes to inspire the kids I coach. This is one of my favorites.
This quote always gets a chuckle, but it’s true. Losing makes you hungry for a win and hunger is a great motivator. You identify your weaknesses, work your tail off, study the competition, and go after it again.
I recently read a fantastic post about Kate Messner’s presentation at the 2014 SCBWI conference in New York. She said, “Never underestimate the power of failure.” I couldn’t agree more.
There is a lot of fertilizer in this business. That’s a whole lot of potential power, so bring the stink on!
Love your blog! Failure as fertilizer – reminds me of JK Rohwings speech at Harvard about failure being thte best experience of her life.
Thanks, Greg. Is that speech online? I’ll have to look it up.