UA-36582162-1 The Secret to Success - The Good Fail

Episode 3

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14th Sep 2020

The Secret to Success

Today we're looking at the key role perseverance plays in doing the good fail and ask whether is is the real secret to success?

CAN WE DEFINE THAT FOR OUR LISTENERS? 

We give our own personal definition of perseverance, something we know quite a bit about after 10 years of striving to make a sustainable career for ourselves in the arts. 

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

As individuals free from any overwhelmingly demonstrable signs of success we feel undeniably qualified to give you the lowdown here and after discussing just how fundamental perseverance is to not failing we also cover why we haven’t brought it up until series 3! 

DOES PERSEVERANCE LEAD TO SUCCESS?

When we feel like giving up all our ambitions because it seems easier then continuing not achieving what we want most, the thought that persevering might be the magic door that inevitably leads us to our dreams of success is pretty tantalising right?! We let our listeners in on how likely that is as a theory and how much it’s an absence of abject failure. 

SHOULD EVERYONE PERSEVERE MORE? 

It’s important to know why you’re persevering: Is it the expectations of others driving you to persevere at something you don’t want? Or is it something that you can find joy in even when you also want to give up on it? Persevering may not always be the right answer. Here Merle explains why persevering at running her own business is the right choice for her. 

WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE FROM ALL THIS?

Persevering may be the messy bit in between all we ever dreamed of and everything we’ve had to say goodbye to but at The Good Fail that is the best way to succeed. 

WHAT’S OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS WEEK?

The Indie Roller

@keep_going_indieroller

A community for small, indie businesses packed with resources. Plus its unofficial motto is “Keep Going”.

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MUSIC FOR THE GOOD FAIL BY:

https://filmmusic.io "Dreamy Flashback" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)


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The Good Fail
A guide from creatives on not giving up.
The Good Fail is brought to you by twin sisters Merle and Abra Hunt, Illustrator and writer/actor respectively, as they navigate life as creators and the struggle to keep going in the face of apparent failure.
Together this is their response to the medias onesided image of success. They're learning to embrace their failure and turn it into a positive, bringing you a different perspective on what it looks like to succeed in the creative business and life in general.



Music for The Good Fail by:
https://filmmusic.io
"Dreamy Flashback" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Abra & Merle Hunt

It started with finger painting, progressed to reams and reams of stick figures, scribbles, mother eating ghosts and anatomically incorrect spiders, grew into days spent in our room creating fantastical worlds we would draw and write about in fastidious detail, blossoming exponentially outwards as all encompassing hobby transformed to dedicated passion, when all school work came complete with intricate borders and full page drawings; we found new ways to express our inner world by breathing life into characters on stage and we counted the minutes we had to spend doing sports and maths lessons like they were hours. Later our creative zeal focused into a three year bachelors degree in illustration and a masters in creative writing, with it all finally culminating in a half finished illustrated novel, launching illustrated stationery business Merle Made Tales, collaborating on commissions for wedding and event stationery, getting the first few paid acting jobs and launching this podcast. One way or another, we were always going to be creators.