Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better

When her granddaughter was accepted to Naropa University, the celebrated author Pema Chödrön promised that she’d speak at the commencement ceremony. Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better contains the wisdom shared on that day.

So when Naropa asked me for the topic of my talk, I decided not to give it to them because I thought if I did, they wouldn’t let me do it!

My talk is inspired by a quote from Samuel Beckett that goes likes this. He knew something about waiting with no note cards!

The quote is...