‘How To Fail’ By Elizabeth Day, published by 4th Estate Books
The title that started it all, How To Fail is the book to match the podcast of the same name. Fusing together testimony from podcast guests and her own life, Day weaves together a narrative of how to learn to fail, to succeed better.
Culturally, we have a mindset of failure not being an option – and an example could be how some of us stay late to work at times, ensuring that the groundwork for the next day is already in place. People such as author and podcast host, “Ctrl Alt Delete” Emma Gannon have indirectly written about this – such as with the development of the multi-hyphenate concept.
What makes this book universal – and something we can all relate to – is how Day discloses here own perceived failures – such as when it comes to asking for a pay rise and even miscarriage.