Fail Smarter
- Author Dougal Shaw
- Narrator Dougal Shaw
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date 7 May 2026
- Run Time 6 hours and 35 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Entrepreneurship, Small businesses and self-employment.
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What to expect
This book reveals the methods that the world's most successful people use to embrace, overcome and learn from failure - and turn it into the fuel of their successes.
Drawing on hundreds of hours of conversations with millionaires, entrepreneurs and CEOs, Dougal Shaw tells the stories of their worst mistakes and lowest moments, and outlines their key lessons. Discover how to harness play, apply creativity, integrate feedback and learn to let go - along with the cutting-edge research that explains why these methods work. Packed with practical insight and real-life stories, this book shows how anyone can turn failure into success - and what that actually means.
| Author | Dougal Shaw |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Dougal Shaw |
| Duration | 6 hours and 35 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781805228240 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Genre | Entrepreneurship, Small businesses and self-employment |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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