Tag: Failure

  • Nation & World

    Run, Jenny, run!

    A Harvard physics professor spends a sabbatical trying to break the world record for fastest trans-America run.

    6 minutes
    Jenny Hoffman runs.
  • Nation & World

    Author: If at first you don’t succeed, fail, fail again

    Best-selling author Lauren Groff spoke at Radcliffe about her process and her current work, telling her listeners the only way she succeeds with her writing is by failing multiple times before she finally publishes.

    5 minutes
    National Book award finalist Lauren Groff
  • Nation & World

    Parting words

    We usually think of commencement as college’s end, but the word actually means the beginning, since everyday life is what follows. In this video, seven renowned Harvard instructors give their takeaway advice on how to thrive in the wider world, how to chart a fulfilling future, and how to give back along the way.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Text of J.K. Rowling’s speech

    ‘The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination’

    15 minutes