Spoken Gems » Joanne K. Rowling http://spoken-gems.com Remarkable speeches, rhetorical masterpieces, impressive monologues Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 J.K. Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination (Commencement speech at Harvard, 2008) http://spoken-gems.com/2008/07/02/jk-rowling-the-fringe-benefits-of-failure-and-the-importance-of-imagination-commencement-speech-at-harvard-2008/ http://spoken-gems.com/2008/07/02/jk-rowling-the-fringe-benefits-of-failure-and-the-importance-of-imagination-commencement-speech-at-harvard-2008/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:10:45 +0000 Michael http://spoken-gems.com/2008/07/02/jk-rowling-the-fringe-benefits-of-failure-and-the-importance-of-imagination-commencement-speech-at-harvard-2008/ Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford was one of the best speeches I have seen so far. This commencement speech by Joanne K. Rowling at Harvard in 2008 is on a par.

It seems that those who experienced major setbacks in their life can deliver the best speeches to graduates.

So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.

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