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This is by far my favorite children's book; I read it to my son at least once a week. After our first reading, I immediately realized how relevant its message i
by fourspace 14y ago
This is by far my favorite children's book; I read it to my son at least once a week. After our first reading, I immediately realized how relevant its message is to entrepreneurs, so I'm glad to see it show up on Hacker News. One more blog post I should have written only to see someone else beat me to it. =)
Its basic message is to embrace failure. You're going to fail, things will be difficult, and you probably won't be great at everything. All of that should absolutely not deter you from trying what you want and living the life you want to live.
- ra 14y agoTotally agree. A friend gave me this book when I quit my salary job 3 years ago; I've read it to my 2yr old boy many, many times.
- mixmastamyk 14y agoWe discovered it after grabbing the various Seuss books at the library for my daughter. It is inspiring, but would have to say the Lorax is still our favorite. (Not to be confused with the noisy garbage that arrived in cinemas this year.)
- mark_integerdsv 14y agoJust joining the chorus ...read it to my daughter when she was barely a few hours old.
- simonw 14y agoA friend performed it as a reading during our wedding ceremony - it was particularly fitting as we had just quit our jobs and were about to embark on an open ended round-the-world honeymoon.