The Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office but went on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic.
The 48 Laws of Power missed the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sold more than a million copies.
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The Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office but went on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic. The 48 Laws of Power missed the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sold more than a million copies.
Had he died at forty, he would have left behind a few poems and some journalism, read only by specialists. And it would have been difficult to see how he could have become anything greater. Before he was famous, he was a failure.
Henry Oliver • Second Act
One morning, while listening to The Moment podcast, I heard Seth tell a story about how his first publishing project was rejected eight hundred times. For a solid year, every single door was slammed in his face. That’s the kind of failure that would knock most people right out of an industry.
Jon Acuff • Soundtracks
classics stay classic and become more so over time. Think of it as compound interest for creative work.