The late Zig Ziglar on Failure

Zig Ziglar died yesterday, November 28th 2012, at the age of 86. One of the greatest sales leaders and motivational speakers of all time, Zig built a following of millions anchored in a publishing and speaking empire that spanned continents. I hear he was a pretty good guy all around.

Zig Ziglar wrote, "Remember that failure is an event, not a person."

Doesn't that just capture the whole essence of failure??

Zig Ziglar obituary at The Examiner.

Slideshow - The Failures Behind 10 Success Stories

Slideshow from Baseline - The Failures Behind 10 Success Stories

Business Failure and Why its Crucial to Success

"The beauty of epic failures...
They're painful.
They're humiliating.
And sometimes they're exactly what you need."

...thus starts a March 2012 article in Inc. magazine.
Worth a read.
The beauty of epic failures.

Theory and Case Studies on Business Failure

A bit of theory and a few cases on business failure from the Times 100 compendium of business cases.

Wikipedia's Long List of Business Failures

Turns out Wikipedia has a long and interesting list of major and well-known companies that had failed, going back to the beginning of the 20th century. Click here to see.

From WSJ - A Trial of Failure

Blogging for WSJ, Osterwalder, author of Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers , pens A Trial of Failure

Seth Godin - You can't argue with success...

On Seth's blog today - You can't argue with success

15 Lessons from the Greatest Business Failures of All Time

Max Nisen writes about the fifteen lessons one can learn from the greatest business failures of all time on the Business Insider war room.

James Dyson on leveraging failure to reach success

James Dyson talks to Entrepreneur about leveraging failure for success - click here