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About the photograph: predawn colors are reflected off of a rare rain puddle in the flat, arid saline ground of lake eyre in australia, one of the few salt flats on earth.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lewis, Sarah.
The rise : creativity, the gift of failure, and the search for mastery / Sarah Lewis.—First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
p. cm
1. Creative ability. 2. Failure (Psychology) 3. Expertise. I. Title
BF408.L625 2014
153.3'—dc23
ISBN 978-1-4516-2923-1
ISBN 978-1-4516-2925-5 (ebook)