5 strategies for overcoming failure

Failure is a normal part — even an essential part — of any creative journey. But that probably isn’t what you want to hear after experiencing failure yourself. It’s easy to just want to crawl into a hole for a while. Today on Spark & Fire, we’re going to crawl out of that hole long enough to hear from 5 iconic creatives who have learned how to overcome failure to create something truly great. Featuring actor and writer Randall Park on Always Be My Maybe , novelist Ann Patchett on The Dutch House, songwriting duo Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez on Disney’s Frozen, producers Allan Scott and William Horberg on the hit series Queen’s Gambit , and singer/songwriter Ben Folds on the breakout album Whatever and Ever, Amen. Follow along (with transcript and photos) at sparkandfire.com/overcomingfailure Listen to the full episodes that inspired this mixtape: “Always Be My Maybe” writer and actor Randall Park: “The Dutch House” author Ann Patchett: “Frozen” songwriting duo Kristen Anderson Lopez and Robert Lopez: “Queen’s Gambit” producers Allan Scott and William Horberg: Singer/songwriter Ben Folds:

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5 strategies for overcoming failure is an episode from Spark & Fire: Epic Creative Stories by WaitWhat.

This episode is 00:28:09 long.

This episode was published on Feb 27, 2023.

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