When J.K. Rowling was writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, she was a single-mother, unemployed, on welfare, depressed, and even considered suicide. And she, like many first-time authors, struggled to get Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone published. It was rejected by almost…
J.K. Rowling‘s powerful 2008 commencement address at Harvard University is beautifully illustrated by Joel Holland and published in Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination. Reflecting on her own experiences and failures, J.K. Rowling addresses the lessons that she wish she had learned…
