rise and fall

stick to the knitting

on prognostication

 

Ace

“I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall.”

- Serena Williams [born 1981]

comedy

"To get to something good you have to go down the wrong path."
- Jerry Seinfeld

misfit

"Reinvent yourself after poor choices."

- Lidia Yuknavitch

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."
- JFK

"Writing is failing 90% of the time."
- Bruce Springsteen

entrepreneur

After flunking the LSAT and selling fax machines door to door for 7 years, Sara Blakely's first stops on her way to creating Spanx and becoming a billionaire:

www.thomasnet.com
www.uspto.gov

Canadians start here.

Image source here.

"Defeat, failure, falling on your face, falling on your ass, are the only things that teach you how to win."
- Kevin Spacey

"Don't trust anyone who hasn't failed."

Corporate Sensitivity

Russia’s scary energy giant Gazprom has signed a $2.5bn deal with Nigeria’s state operated NNPC, to invest in a new joint venture. Called Nigaz. Reuters story here.