So you will take risks, and you will have failures. But it’s what happens afterward that is defining.
Atul Gawande
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- “Failure and Rescue,” Williams College commencement address, June 3, 2012; Two consecutive concluding sentences from Gawande’s own published speech. The argument emphasizes responding constructively to failures rather than celebrating avoidable risk.
- “Failure and Rescue,” Williams College commencement address, June 3, 2012
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