# Embrace the near win

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Sarah Lewis
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_lewis_embrace_the_near_win)
- 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)

At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying: Not every artwork was a total masterpiece. She asks us to consider the role of the almost-failure, the near win, in our own lives. In our pursuit of success and mastery, is it actually our near wins that push us forward?

## Lectures

1. [Embrace the near win](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sarah_lewis_embrace_the_near_win/5dd56a4631b2), 12 min (TED's player)