From Khoi Vinh’s May 12th commencement address at Otis School of Art and Design:

“Every success is the culmination of a series of FAILURES. You cannot have success WITHOUT FAILING.

And if you want my advice, I say FAIL early and often. Don’t waste any time — get out there TODAY and start failing. I might even advise you, half-jokingly, to START BECOMING the failures that I know you can be right away.

Start doing WHAT YOU WANT TO DO now, and be willing to lose at it as much as you want it to succeed. Let your dreams get BEATEN and KICKED AROUND a little, let them leave the cozy confines of your imaginations and live in the REAL WORLD, so that they can realize their full potential.

Be willing to have your dreams tested SOONER rather than later by the forces of nature, by the brutal fist of the market, by the snarky shortsightedness of critics, by the jealous discouragement of your friends and enemies.”

Well said.

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 26th, 2007 at 8 pm and is filed under life, people.