# The fringe benefits of failure

- Institution: TED
- Department: Harvard University
- Speaker: JK Rowling
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure)
- 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)

At her Harvard commencement speech, "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems "worth more than any qualification I ever earned."

## Lectures

1. [The fringe benefits of failure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure/7573a7e0e016), 21 min (TED's player)