{"id":582,"date":"2020-08-25T23:14:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mitchelljoe.com\/blog\/?p=582"},"modified":"2020-08-25T23:14:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:14:02","slug":"maybe-it-didnt-work-because-you-didnt-make-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mitchelljoe.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/25\/maybe-it-didnt-work-because-you-didnt-make-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe it didn\u2019t work because you didn\u2019t make it work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently listened to an old interview with Ted Turner, the founder of the first 24-hour cable news channel, CNN. CNN struggled in its early days and I was struck by his answer when the interviewer asked him if he thought it was going to fail. He said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to let it fail.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow, how\u2019s that for determination? It doesn\u2019t sound like optimism or hope or a calculated risk. It sounds like a bulldozer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next time something is on the brink of not working out, try this instead: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make it work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently listened to an old interview with Ted Turner, the founder of the first 24-hour cable news channel, CNN. CNN struggled in its early days and I was struck by his answer when the interviewer asked him if he thought it was going to fail. He said, \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to let it fail.\u201d  … <\/p>\n

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