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When you tell people you're writing a book, everyone tends to ask the same question:  What's it about?  And when you tell them you're writing a book about failure, most of them want to know why.  For two years, I've been giving the same answer:  "Write what you know."
-Megan McCardle,  from the preface to The Up Side of Down:  Why Failing Well is the Key to Success