THE VIDEO SHELF · learning from failure
Michael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial
A Nike commercial in which Michael Jordan lists the shots he missed and games he lost, saying that repeated failure is the reason he succeeds.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN invokes it as the classic illustration of learning through repeated failure and iterating, often in startup threads.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- JayMJ23
- Topic
- learning from failure
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2016
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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(Even more off-topic) You really reminded me of Jordan's "Failure" commercial, which everyone should see: [VIDEO]
edanm on Hacker News · 2011-06
In The end of FacebookReminds me of the Jordan commercial [1] where he mentions he lost more than 9000 shots in his career, lost almost 300 games and missed 26 game winning shots. Amazing commercial (like most Nike commercials). [1] [VIDEO]
jathu on Hacker News · 2016-04
In Every shot Kobe Bryant ever took
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