Episode 23: Failure is ALWAYS an Option

This week, Dan and Merlin determine that even the Chico Marx of notebooks is the right one if you're writing in it, failure is ALWAYS an option: fully committing didn't do Pickett any good, but you should commit to narrowing scope and deciding what success is. Why? Fact or Fiction: You can start a business on the side.

Links for this episode:

• kung fu grippe - Robb Wolff on "Perfection"
  
• Letters of Note: PERSIST
  
• QPR: Jim Fairness and the 14-Second Work Year
  
• QPR: Commentary by Anton Cantrusku
  
• Pickett's Charge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Jek Tono Porkins - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
  
• Wedge Antilles - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
  
• Toward Better Master Passwords | Agile Blog
  
• B2W Squarespace Signup (coupon code: "backtowork7")
  
• AgileBits: 1Password
  
• kung fu grippe - Need a fast primer on storytelling? The Civil...
  
• The Civil War . In the Classroom . Using the Series . Episode Five | PBS
  
• kung fu grippe - “Disjointed” A View to a Kill: Just giving up.
  
• Programmers Notebook
  
• Hypercritical #23: No Sentence Left Behind - 5by5
  
• Schecter/Giffin 'Telecaster'-style Guitars | Pete Townshend’s Guitar Gear | Whotabs
  
• North Coast Music: Rickenbacker 660/12
  
• damn the torpedoes tom petty - Google Search
  
• YouTube - M&Ms Commercial - "Thank you Easter Bunny, Bawk Bawk!"
  
• Tigermilk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Leaked! Dan's new show, "Go Ahead, Caller!"
  
• Anti-pattern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Netflix - Watch Ken Burns: The Civil War
  
• kung fu grippe - Need a fast primer on storytelling?
  
• [Merlin's Notebook] Nothing Doesn't Go In Here - a set on Flickr
  
• American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009 Documentary)
  
• Risk and the Bin Laden Raid - Notions: John Dickerson's Blog
  
• Playboy Interview With John Lennon and Yoko Ono
  
• Jack Purvis - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
  
• Nothing Doesn't Go In Here: "Two Words" | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• story in a grocery: Back to Work
  
• Word play: A top newspaper editor helps demystify the writing process: PRSA
  
• Getting Into the Writing Game, With Words of Advice From a Coach | Special English | Learning English
  
• Crapping on your Dream: Freelancing 101
  
• The Weight of a Good Notebook « The Bygone Bureau
  

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