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To learn something effectively, you must make mistakes and pay attention to those mistakes.
Derek Sivers
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“Why You Need to Fail,” author’s posted studio-talk transcript; Complete sentence from Sivers’s own transcript, in his own narration. Distinct from the Michael Jordan and other quotations he cites elsewhere in the talk.
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“Why You Need to Fail,” author’s posted studio-talk transcript
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  • sive.rsChecked using manual, 20 October 2026“Why You Need to Fail,” author’s posted studio-talk transcript; Complete sentence from Sivers’s own transcript, in his own narration. Distinct from the Michael Jordan and other quotations he cites elsewhere in the talk.

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