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The Rise : Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Rise : Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery about?
It is one of the enduring enigmas of the human experience: many of our most iconic, creative endeavors—from Nobel Prize–winning discoveries to entrepreneurial inventions and works in the arts—are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts. The gift of failure is a riddle. Like the number zero, it will always be both a void and the start of infinite possibility. __The Rise__—a soulful celebration of the determination and courage of the human spirit—makes the case that many of our greatest triumphs come from understanding the importance of this mystery. This exquisite biography of an idea is about the improbable foundations of creative human endeavor. __The Rise__ begins with narratives about figures past and present who range from writers to entrepreneurs; Frederick Douglass, Samuel F. B. Morse, and J. K. Rowling, for example, feature alongside choreographer Paul Taylor, Nobel Prize–winning physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, Arctic explorer Ben Saunders, and psychology professor Angela Duckworth. __The Rise__ explores the inestimable value of often ignored ideas—the power of surrender for fortitude, the criticality of play for innovation, the pr
Who reads The Rise : Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery?
It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781451629231
- Category
- self-help
- Subjects
- Psychology, Fiction, Self Help
- Rating
- 3.64 / 5 (465 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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