When Smart People Fail - Hardcover

Carole Hyatt; Linda Gottlieb

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671619411 ISBN 13: 9780671619411

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1987

Synopsis

Drawing on the author's own experiences as well as case studies and interviews, this guide illuminates the transition back to emotional well-being after failure, showing how to turn failure into a positive tool for growth and new success

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Hyatt (The Women's Selling Game and Gottlieb (Limbo here explore the effects of failure on people in success-oriented America. Interviewing men and women in various fields, they glean interesting information from those who accepted defeat only temporarily. Exemplifying "hidden failures," Clare Boothe Luce regrets that she abandoned her real interest, writing, for political roles; conversely George McGovern considers himself the winner over Richard Nixon, who defeated him for the presidency. Among those who offer advice on starting over is William L. Shirer: fired from his job as a reporter for being "too liberal," he went on to write such notable books as The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Shirer makes the cogent observation that success or failure aren't at issue but "whether you are a learner or non-learner."
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0671619411
• ISBN 13: 9780671619411
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240