We shouldn't be afraid to fail. When it happens, we shouldn't waste energy trying to cover up. It's all right to fail as long as you learn from your failure and go on to the next challenge. If you're not failing, you're not growing. Barbara Corday ( is an American television executive, writer and producer known for co-creating the television series Cagney & Lacey ) has something to say about failure in On Becoming a Leader , an excellent book by Warren Bennis (Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.). Barbara Corday was co-author (with Barbara Avedon) of the TV movie, Cagney and Lacey , which was the basis of the highly acclaimed TV series, but in the Bennis book she talks about one of her flops. "My favorite project" she said, "a TV series called American Dream , had a lot of things to say, was executed brilliantly, written and acted well, and produced beautifully. It was a critical success, but for whatever reason, the public chose not to w
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