JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure, and Imagination

Points I came away with from J.K. Rowling's commencement speech
(quote & paraphrase)

[Failure] "You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift--after all, it was painfully won and it is worth more than any qualification ever earned."

[Imagination] Its value is in its transformative and revelatory capacity, to do what you otherwise never would yet always wanted to..

Take a break, it is just about 20 minutes.

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination | Harvard Magazine

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