The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success
Megan McArdle
Feb 2014 · Sold by Penguin
3.7star
713 reviews
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“Clever, surprisingly fast-paced, and enlightening.” —Forbes
Most new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. So what determines who will bounce back and follow up with a home run? What separates those who keep treading water from those who harness the lessons from their mistakes?
One of our most popular business bloggers, Megan McArdle takes insights from emergency room doctors, kindergarten teachers, bankruptcy judges, and venture capitalists to teach us how to reinvent ourselves in the face of failure. The Up Side of Down is a book that just might change the way you lead your life.
Most new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. So what determines who will bounce back and follow up with a home run? What separates those who keep treading water from those who harness the lessons from their mistakes?
One of our most popular business bloggers, Megan McArdle takes insights from emergency room doctors, kindergarten teachers, bankruptcy judges, and venture capitalists to teach us how to reinvent ourselves in the face of failure. The Up Side of Down is a book that just might change the way you lead your life.
Ratings and reviews
3.7
713 reviews
Carlos Cruz
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January 24, 2018
I've always appreciated this author's work. This book reads much like her Bloomberg column. She thinks deeply about topics and generally comes up with theories and opinions that are much more nuanced and precise than much of what is thrown around in the print or television news these days. Her style is just the right balance of colloquial, relatable and technical, which males her writing accessible to everyday people. Whether you're right or left leaning, she challenges many assumptions that are taken as fact, and forces you to reconsider and reevaluate things. Highly recommend.
Blue Mungo
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March 15, 2014
Good read for fresh entrepreneurs that has plenty of motivational content. A coffee table book with an analogy of "how to fail badly in a good way".
Matt A
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April 25, 2014
Interesting throughout, very well researched and written.
About the author
MEGAN MCARDLE is a columnist at Bloomberg View and appears regularly on MSNBC, Fox News, and NPR. She has been a correspondent for the Atlantic and the Economist and started one of the first business and economics blogs, Asymmetric Information. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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