# Why you will fail to have a great career

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxUW
- Speaker: Larry Smith
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_have_a_great_career)
- 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: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this funny and blunt talk, Larry Smith pulls no punches when he calls out the absurd excuses people invent when they fail to pursue their passions.

## Lectures

1. [Why you will fail to have a great career](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_have_a_great_career/f0647f19261b), 15 min (TED's player)