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Failure is awesome.

A manifesto for your 20s so you don’t suck at life.

Emma Reynoldsemma@e3reloaded.com

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My Life.

But failure

is bad

right?

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Your attitude towards failure?

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OMG!!

WTF!!

Failure is

awesome!

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I recently failed

at ___________?

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That feeling

is AWESOME!

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bankrupt

2 failed businesses

failed relationships

debt made redundancies

screwed up projects/work

2-time university drop-out

neglected friendships

failed business partnership

wrong hiring = firing

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curated TEDxMongkok

started 3 businesses

25 most inspiring women in HK35 women under 35 in UK

incredible mentors

13 years work experience

generated USD millions revenue

keynote speaker in over 20 countries

travelled across 4 continents, 200 cities

amazing family and friends

writing bookrun marathonsAfrica and Peru

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From Hero...

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To Zero...

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And back

again!

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If you don’t accept that you may fail,

you won’t push your limits and you won’t grow.

If you don’t grow, you will be mediocre.

Do you want to be mediocre?

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A manifesto for your 20s so you don’t suck at life.

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1. Make choices,

not excuses.

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2. Don’t have a

comfort zone.

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3. Give a shit.

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4. Master the art of giving & receiving

feedback.

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5. Fail fast.

Fail often. Always

fail forward.

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Make choices, not excuses.

Don’t have a comfort zone.

Give a shit.

1 2Master the art of giving and receiving feedback.

A manifesto for your 20s so you don’t suck at life.

Fail fast. Fail often.Always fail forward.

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Good things come to those who wait

Good things come to those who work

their asses off and never give up

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What will yours look like?

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Thank you.