# Success, failure and the drive to keep creating

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Elizabeth Gilbert was once an "unpublished diner waitress," devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failure and offers a simple -- though hard -- way to carry on, regardless of outcomes.

## Lectures

1. [Success, failure and the drive to keep creating](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating/bec9c373d541), 8 min (TED's player)