I’ve been thinking a lot about failure today.
Failboat London was a terrific event last night, and though I did not succeed at arriving on time (see what I did there?), I really enjoyed the stories told and lessons shared. There is a lot to be gained from watching other people fall flat on their faces, and indeed recognising when we’ve royally screwed up too.
It reminded me of a T-Shirt I once spotted, which horrified me at the time but essentially read, “Some people only exist as a horrible warning to others.” It was one of those punky bitchy T-Shirts, and well, it’s pretty self-explanatory.
I’m sure I have no shortage of my own failures and mishaps to share, but to be honest I’m running to the pub soon and that might take a while. So, instead I’m going to leave you with a potential blog post we were recently offered.
If you are sending cold emails, especially if you are promoting your writing expertise, well then I hope they don’t resemble the following. Apologies to the gentleman I am anonymously picking on, but I hope you can take inspiration from this and do yourselves a bit more justice next time you’re reaching out to someone new.
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