Observed arrival · 2026-09-14

The Failure Pledge, With Receipts

failurepledge.com Observed source

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A printable pledge to give yourself permission to fail, paired with a sourced archive of famous failures.

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The project combines a printable, hand-signed pledge with a categorized research archive rather than treating failure as an unsupported motivational slogan. Its visible index covers 115 people and reports 680 documented failures drawn from 2,021 citations, with entries ranging from rejected papers and abandoned albums to disputed stories about Abraham Lincoln and Michael Jordan. Source credits include the Library of Congress, Wikimedia Commons, and The Royal Society.

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