Best of Fail File 2024: Part two

Best of Fail File 2024: Part two
Josh Emett (left), Kevin Denholm, Trish Clark, Pete Bethune and David Pretorius.
Victoria Carter
Every fortnight Victoria Carter spoke to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. Here are some excerpts.Captain Pete Bethune, founder, Earthrace ConservationThe best piece of advice: was from Dan Thurston Crow, the best CEO I’ve ever worked with. He told me: “To know all is to forgive all.” It comes from a Chinese proverb and roughly translates to, if I know a person’s full background, everything that has happened in their life, I will be completely forgiving of their flaws.I was really disap...

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