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Joseph O'Connell

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48 total appearances

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Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

It's the feeling you get when you've prepared for problems A, B, C, D, E, and F, and something like G or M comes out of the blue and smacks you. We had spent so much time worrying about what would happen if there was a hurricane? You know, what if somebody got hurt building it? Nobody ever got hurt building it, and the sculpture eventually made it through Hurricane Harvey.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

It's the feeling you get when you've prepared for problems A, B, C, D, E, and F, and something like G or M comes out of the blue and smacks you. We had spent so much time worrying about what would happen if there was a hurricane? You know, what if somebody got hurt building it? Nobody ever got hurt building it, and the sculpture eventually made it through Hurricane Harvey.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

But I think this particular incident highlights one of the problems with projects and complexity. It would probably take a million dollars to totally redo the bottom part of Wings Over Water. And I still hold out the thought that that would be a wonderful future second act for Wings Over Water, if just a relatively small amount of money by municipal standards could be raised.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

But I think this particular incident highlights one of the problems with projects and complexity. It would probably take a million dollars to totally redo the bottom part of Wings Over Water. And I still hold out the thought that that would be a wonderful future second act for Wings Over Water, if just a relatively small amount of money by municipal standards could be raised.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

But I think this particular incident highlights one of the problems with projects and complexity. It would probably take a million dollars to totally redo the bottom part of Wings Over Water. And I still hold out the thought that that would be a wonderful future second act for Wings Over Water, if just a relatively small amount of money by municipal standards could be raised.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

I will tell you one thing about Edison. He wasn't driven by money. He was passionate about inventing the next thing. He was driven by the beauty of the things he was making. And I feel like I have that too. And that sets you up for disappointment, for failure, because you can't stop investing in what you're doing.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

I will tell you one thing about Edison. He wasn't driven by money. He was passionate about inventing the next thing. He was driven by the beauty of the things he was making. And I feel like I have that too. And that sets you up for disappointment, for failure, because you can't stop investing in what you're doing.

Freakonomics Radio
How to Succeed at Failing, Part 3: Grit vs. Quit (Update)

I will tell you one thing about Edison. He wasn't driven by money. He was passionate about inventing the next thing. He was driven by the beauty of the things he was making. And I feel like I have that too. And that sets you up for disappointment, for failure, because you can't stop investing in what you're doing.

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