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# The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success Paperback – February 24, 2015

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- **What is this?** The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success Paperback – February 24, 2015 by megan mcardle
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Interesting and fun read
  

*by H***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018*

I'm a big fan of Megan McArdle's columns and articles, so I expected to like this book -- and I did!  McArdle writes very well and finds interesting topics that often, but not always, have a political or economic bent.  I learned a lot from several of these chapters, particularly the one on new approaches to probation.The book is marketed as an integrated discussion of how failure can be the foundation to success (hence the title), but actually most of the chapters seem to be rewritten versions of previously published articles and are sometimes only tangentially related to the main theme.  This didn't bother me because I hadn't read (or had forgotten!) most of the original articles.  But a reader expecting the book to be all new material might be disappointed.There are few more typos than I'd liked to have seen, and in a couple of places the updating was skipped -- notably when a reference is made to the Bush Administration that seems to imply that he is still in office.  But these are nitpicks.  If you like McArdle's writing, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    There's More to It Than Getting Back on the Horse
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014*

This is a book about how essential it is for us--as individuals, as businesspeople, and as citizens--to analyze, really look at, the things that don't work, or didn't work . . . in our jobs, our family lives, and in the policies our leaders pursue.Ms. McArdle does a nice job of distinguishing the mind-set about unsuccessful enterprises here in the U.S. (where having been part of a start-up, even one that no longer exists is a resume-enhancer), versus some other countries (where having seen your business go under can be a badge of shame, or the source of decades-long insolvency).The book displays the adroit weaving back-and-forth between personal and economy-wide wisdom that one can see in McArdle's columns. A charming book about the truly lifegiving aspects of "creative destruction."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    thoughtful insights
  

*by S***L on Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024*

If you ever wondered why entrepreneurship works in America better than any other place on earth, this book has some nice insights. The path to greatness in any society is paved via failing well in a culture that believes in forgiving and offering fresh starts.

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