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Writing
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Elizabeth McCracken talks about her new book, 'A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction'

Coping with creative blocks requires accepting failure, developing steady habits, resisting singular advice, and cultivating patience over a long creative life.
Fashion & style
fromFortune
1 week ago

Chanel exec started in teaching-she fell into luxury after a failed exam forced her back to school. Her career advice for Gen Z? Get out of their dorms | Fortune

A single exam failure redirected Claire Isnard from teaching to a 40-year career culminating as Chanel's chief people and organization officer focused on developing others.
fromwww.startupcan.ca
1 month ago

Building the Future: Key Lessons on Resilience and Funding from the Last Stop of the 2025 Startup Canada Tour

Michele Romanow kicked off the day by reminding the audience that entrepreneurship is messy and that all the planning can't prevent failure. Drawing on her early venture, a luxury caviar farm, she shared her journey from pitching to realizing the massive capital needed, highlighting how even a pivot taught her essential resilience. There isn't one great idea; there are hundreds of iterations from where you started. Her advice: get scrappy. That hands-on experience taught her the leadership and adaptability that fuelled her later successes.
Canada news
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