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FAILURE RULES!: The 5 Rules of Failure for Entrepreneurs, Creatives, and Authentics
Failure can ruin lives and families. There's no denying it. It can destroy your health and obliterate your self-esteem. But it also holds a lot of value on the road to success.
FAILURE RULES! walks you through five essential rules to help you pull value from any failure—as proven by Andrew Thorp King's personal stories of dramatic, cascading failures in business, relationships, art, and life.
Journey through key failure lessons from a wildly diverse set of successful entrepreneurs, creatives, and authentics, including Winston Churchill, Sara Blakely, Henry Rollins, Andrew Yang, Toby Keith, Ryan Holiday, David Goggins, Glenn Beck, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Billie Jean King, Srinivas Rao, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, J.K. Rowling, and many, many more.
The experience and immediate tangible results of failure suck. But if you follow the rules of failure—seeing beyond the mess and picking through the good stuff left in the rubble—you can move forward into success.
Embrace the F-word and let hard times make you stronger. Because after it sucks, FAILURE RULES!
FAILURE RULES! walks you through five essential rules to help you pull value from any failure—as proven by Andrew Thorp King's personal stories of dramatic, cascading failures in business, relationships, art, and life.
Journey through key failure lessons from a wildly diverse set of successful entrepreneurs, creatives, and authentics, including Winston Churchill, Sara Blakely, Henry Rollins, Andrew Yang, Toby Keith, Ryan Holiday, David Goggins, Glenn Beck, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Billie Jean King, Srinivas Rao, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, J.K. Rowling, and many, many more.
The experience and immediate tangible results of failure suck. But if you follow the rules of failure—seeing beyond the mess and picking through the good stuff left in the rubble—you can move forward into success.
Embrace the F-word and let hard times make you stronger. Because after it sucks, FAILURE RULES!
484 pages, Paperback
Published September 21, 2022
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About the author
Andrew Thorp King
2 books1 followerI am an executive fintech banker, spy novelist, speaker, punk rocker, podcaster, ex-bodybuilder, cigar lover, and serial entrepreneur. I founded two independent record labels—Thorp Records and Sailor’s Grave Records—and have invested in many spaces, including online lending, fitness, lead generation, and independent music.
I am also a serial failure. I have crashed and burned through bankruptcy, divorce, mortgage default, public assistance, and multiple business failures. But, like a jack-in-the-box after a punch, I pop back up every time, rebuilding my life—informed by failure—with a big smile on my face.
I am also a serial failure. I have crashed and burned through bankruptcy, divorce, mortgage default, public assistance, and multiple business failures. But, like a jack-in-the-box after a punch, I pop back up every time, rebuilding my life—informed by failure—with a big smile on my face.
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June 23, 2023
The author, Andrew Thorp King, presents us with an inspiring and practical guide that takes us through five essential rules to take advantage of any failure in our lives. Using moving and personal stories, King shows us how we can turn these experiences into opportunities to grow and succeed.
The journey through this book provides us with valuable lessons on failure, introducing us to a wide range of entrepreneurs, creatives, and successful people in various fields. From historical figures like Winston Churchill to contemporary entrepreneurs like Sara Blakely and Andrew Yang, each story reveals how these personalities have faced and overcome adversity.
The variety of the stories presented is one of the book's strengths. King shows that failure doesn't discriminate, affecting people of all backgrounds.
In summary, it is a book which offers readers an original viewpoint on failure and shows how we can use it to improve our personal and professional growth. Recommended for those who want to find value in adversity and turn failure into an opportunity to succeed.
The journey through this book provides us with valuable lessons on failure, introducing us to a wide range of entrepreneurs, creatives, and successful people in various fields. From historical figures like Winston Churchill to contemporary entrepreneurs like Sara Blakely and Andrew Yang, each story reveals how these personalities have faced and overcome adversity.
The variety of the stories presented is one of the book's strengths. King shows that failure doesn't discriminate, affecting people of all backgrounds.
In summary, it is a book which offers readers an original viewpoint on failure and shows how we can use it to improve our personal and professional growth. Recommended for those who want to find value in adversity and turn failure into an opportunity to succeed.
June 23, 2023
As an entrepreneur it is hard finding the right way of dealing with failure. That is why I loved finding this great book. "Failure Rules" by Andrew Thorp King is an insightful and empowering book that challenges the conventional perception of failure.
This personal development and entrepreneurship guide provides us readers with valuable lessons and strategies for embracing failure as a catalyst for growth and success.
I think that one of the notable strengths of this book is that the author´s writing style is engaging and conversational, making it easy for us readers to connect with the material.
The book is well-structured, with each of the five rules of failure presented in a concise and actionable manner. I really like the fact that the author incorporates real-life examples and anecdotes throughout the book, which help illustrate the principles and make them relatable.
I believe this book is a worthwhile read for entrepreneurs, creatives and anyone seeking to embrace failure as a means of personal and professional growth.
This personal development and entrepreneurship guide provides us readers with valuable lessons and strategies for embracing failure as a catalyst for growth and success.
I think that one of the notable strengths of this book is that the author´s writing style is engaging and conversational, making it easy for us readers to connect with the material.
The book is well-structured, with each of the five rules of failure presented in a concise and actionable manner. I really like the fact that the author incorporates real-life examples and anecdotes throughout the book, which help illustrate the principles and make them relatable.
I believe this book is a worthwhile read for entrepreneurs, creatives and anyone seeking to embrace failure as a means of personal and professional growth.
June 19, 2023
FAILURE RULES! is a powerful testament to the transformative potential of failure. Andrew Thorp King brilliantly uses personal stories and those of renowned figures such as J.K. Rowling, Winston
Churchill, and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to illustrate the lessons that can be mined from failure. With a focus on five essential rules, King guides readers to see beyond the immediate devastation of
failure, uncovering the valuable lessons hidden within the rubble. This is not just a book, but a roadmap to resilience, providing tools to convert setbacks into stepping stones. King's approach is both practical and inspiring, demonstrating that failure truly does rule when it comes to achieving success.
Churchill, and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to illustrate the lessons that can be mined from failure. With a focus on five essential rules, King guides readers to see beyond the immediate devastation of
failure, uncovering the valuable lessons hidden within the rubble. This is not just a book, but a roadmap to resilience, providing tools to convert setbacks into stepping stones. King's approach is both practical and inspiring, demonstrating that failure truly does rule when it comes to achieving success.
June 23, 2023
A useful guide
"Failure rules" is a useful guide penned by Andrew Thorp King.
Sometimes, people go through complicated situations in different spheres of life, so what this book strives to explain is how to stand up despite any failure.
Here, the author teaches the importance of standing up after failures. The author gets you to know this through examples mentioned of well-known people, such as Winston Churchill or J.K. Rowling, among others. They firsthand experienced failures but they overcame them and their lives changed for the better. So, there is a lot to learn with this well-written book. It's interesting and life changing, ideally to keep it handy just in case. Without a doubt, I recommend to creatives and entrepreneurs who are determined to make a twist in their lives.
"Failure rules" is a useful guide penned by Andrew Thorp King.
Sometimes, people go through complicated situations in different spheres of life, so what this book strives to explain is how to stand up despite any failure.
Here, the author teaches the importance of standing up after failures. The author gets you to know this through examples mentioned of well-known people, such as Winston Churchill or J.K. Rowling, among others. They firsthand experienced failures but they overcame them and their lives changed for the better. So, there is a lot to learn with this well-written book. It's interesting and life changing, ideally to keep it handy just in case. Without a doubt, I recommend to creatives and entrepreneurs who are determined to make a twist in their lives.
June 24, 2023
FAILURE RULES!: The 5 Rules of Failure from Entrepreneurs, Creatives and Authentics is the flaming book guide showing different kinds of failure everyone faces, and how to rise from them.
The author sections the chapters by types of failures. For example, I am a big fan of Tolkien and in one of the chapters called: Failure the great purifier, the author enlightens how the war took a toll on Tolkien but he managed to rise from that by writing some of his most popular works.
The book gives an objective, yet extensive understanding of what to do in situations of failure. It also motivates you, mentally and spiritually to keep going to feel your objective or purpose. I loved reading this book, and I highly recommend it!
The author sections the chapters by types of failures. For example, I am a big fan of Tolkien and in one of the chapters called: Failure the great purifier, the author enlightens how the war took a toll on Tolkien but he managed to rise from that by writing some of his most popular works.
The book gives an objective, yet extensive understanding of what to do in situations of failure. It also motivates you, mentally and spiritually to keep going to feel your objective or purpose. I loved reading this book, and I highly recommend it!
June 24, 2023
The first thing I would say about this book is that it is not definitely a read for everyone! However, it’s crucial to add and to keep in mind that everyone will be able to get something out of it.
Readers may discover that some sections of the book are more relevant to their life than others, depending on their unique circumstances and thoughts on failure.
As regards the writing style, it’s absolutely accessible, engaging, agile and interesting from the very beginning.
Something I really liked about this title is how harmonious the author includes quotations, definitions and drawings that make everything easier to understand and follow.
It’s a great piece of work that I highly recommend.
Readers may discover that some sections of the book are more relevant to their life than others, depending on their unique circumstances and thoughts on failure.
As regards the writing style, it’s absolutely accessible, engaging, agile and interesting from the very beginning.
Something I really liked about this title is how harmonious the author includes quotations, definitions and drawings that make everything easier to understand and follow.
It’s a great piece of work that I highly recommend.
June 24, 2023
A necessary read.
Failure is not nice but it is necessary and likely inevitable on the road to success. FAILURE RULES!: The 5 Rules of Failure for Entrepreneurs, Creatives, and Authentics written by Andrew Thorp King focuses on rescuing what is important from each failure and learning the lesson about it.
I am not a pessimist but I really liked that the author openly says that failure sucks because it is real and, in my opinion, accepting it is the first step.
This book is honest and can be hard but also can be a great help in dark moments and it is applicable to business, and personal life. Also, it uses personal experiences of celebrities and important people which confirm the author's words.
Failure is not nice but it is necessary and likely inevitable on the road to success. FAILURE RULES!: The 5 Rules of Failure for Entrepreneurs, Creatives, and Authentics written by Andrew Thorp King focuses on rescuing what is important from each failure and learning the lesson about it.
I am not a pessimist but I really liked that the author openly says that failure sucks because it is real and, in my opinion, accepting it is the first step.
This book is honest and can be hard but also can be a great help in dark moments and it is applicable to business, and personal life. Also, it uses personal experiences of celebrities and important people which confirm the author's words.
June 19, 2023
Learn from mistakes. Look at the bright side of things. Reborn from the ashes.
FAILURE RULES! by author Andrew Thorp King surely enhances those points of views. This book offers key failure lessons from a diverse set of successful entrepreneurs, creatives and other authentic people, with the final aim of understanding that hard times will lead to resilience, to wisdom, to strength.
This perspective can be very useful for those who must navigate through a situation of failure or for those readers who simply seek to learn valuable lessons from life. In any case, it is an inspiring and rich book that will provide easily applicable learnings for anyone´s everyday life.
FAILURE RULES! by author Andrew Thorp King surely enhances those points of views. This book offers key failure lessons from a diverse set of successful entrepreneurs, creatives and other authentic people, with the final aim of understanding that hard times will lead to resilience, to wisdom, to strength.
This perspective can be very useful for those who must navigate through a situation of failure or for those readers who simply seek to learn valuable lessons from life. In any case, it is an inspiring and rich book that will provide easily applicable learnings for anyone´s everyday life.
June 20, 2023
This comprehensive book offers us valuable insights and guidance on how to unlock individual and organizational potential.
In my view, this book serves as a resource for any type of reader who wants to move forward in life, seeing beyond what could be a failure or a bad time.
The diverse set of experiences from successful entrepreneurs, creatives and authentics present here allows us to believe that we can learn from bad times and finally thrive. Failure is not the end.
The author’s expertise and deep understanding of the subject matter are evident throughout the book. The content is well-researched and draws from both theoretical frameworks and real-life issues. Recommended!
June 22, 2023
''FAILURE RULES!: The 5 Rules of Failure for Entrepreneurs, Creatives, and Authentics'' written by Andrew Thorp King is the book that teaches us how to see the good side of failure. In this book, you will find 5 rules or steps to overcome the problems; here you will find lessons with explanations and examples to have a better understanding. This book helps us to understand why some things happen to us and what the best way to come up against them is. It is a very interesting book to read and have on your table because sometimes our unconscious can play against us. This is an enjoyable read with much to offer us.
June 24, 2023
Who has never failed in their life? It's said that failure is human, which is why author Andrew Thorp King presents five essential rules to help us derive value from any failure. Each one of us has failed at some point in our lives, and that makes us learn from our mistakes. Being better day by day should be our goal.
I loved how the author presented this book, and all the true stories that it presents to us. We can clearly see that even the most famous businessmen have failed, but they have also known how to recover and thus be who they are today. I wish I could come across books like these more often, I think they are very helpful.
I loved how the author presented this book, and all the true stories that it presents to us. We can clearly see that even the most famous businessmen have failed, but they have also known how to recover and thus be who they are today. I wish I could come across books like these more often, I think they are very helpful.
June 25, 2023
When I found Failure Rules in the store, it caught my attention. When I saw its cover, I was extremely surprised and intrigued, and when I started reading it, I found myself trapped in a book that has no comparison. It is a practical guide with advice and help experiences for people who are in difficult periods of life and who need help to overcome obstacles and failures.
It was really very useful to me and gave me satisfaction and peace of mind reading it. I have taken a lot of your advice and I do not regret it at all, so I recommend it without hesitation.
It is easy and fast to read and it is special to share with loved ones.
It was really very useful to me and gave me satisfaction and peace of mind reading it. I have taken a lot of your advice and I do not regret it at all, so I recommend it without hesitation.
It is easy and fast to read and it is special to share with loved ones.
November 11, 2022
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a review. All thoughts & opinions are mine and mine alone.
Thomas Edison one said “I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”. Failing often seems like the worst possible outcome. In this book, Andrew Thorp King did a great job highlighting the fact that failure isn’t final, it’s more of a redirect to something better.
This book is great for anyone (like me) that feels they have failed more than succeeded but uses the failing as a learning experience.
Thomas Edison one said “I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”. Failing often seems like the worst possible outcome. In this book, Andrew Thorp King did a great job highlighting the fact that failure isn’t final, it’s more of a redirect to something better.
This book is great for anyone (like me) that feels they have failed more than succeeded but uses the failing as a learning experience.
December 26, 2022
Books that have accompanying playlists are pretty damn good. Books that playlists with artists such as Black Flag, Hatebreed, and Johnny Cash have to be awesome. And Failure Rules! delivers. Andrew Thorpe King provides practical advice for everyone. King uses years of experience and hard-learned lessons to hone a list of five essential rules for almost every aspect of life. King makes no guarantees, but he does provide stories from his life and others, such as Henry Rollins and David Goggins. This is definitely worth a listen or a read!
March 11, 2025
Talk about "don't judge a book by it's cover"!
I actually started this book a while ago and not getting too far into it somehow got the impression it was going to be heavily religious and stopped.
Well, I'm glad to say when I picked it back up I was so wrong in that assumption and in fact found the organization of Andrew Thorp King's book to be awesome! I really loved all of the examples provided in each break down (even if many of the artists were unknown to me). There was great summary following the examples, and I look forward to sharing this with others!
I actually started this book a while ago and not getting too far into it somehow got the impression it was going to be heavily religious and stopped.
Well, I'm glad to say when I picked it back up I was so wrong in that assumption and in fact found the organization of Andrew Thorp King's book to be awesome! I really loved all of the examples provided in each break down (even if many of the artists were unknown to me). There was great summary following the examples, and I look forward to sharing this with others!
June 22, 2023
Embrace failure
In this book, author Andrew King details his own failures and the lessons he was able to derive from them. He goes from rejection, to permission, personal moral ambiguities and more. Using examples and quotes from such famous people like Winston Churchill, Mr. King shows us that everyone experiences failure. It's how we rise afterwards that defines us. This was a very inspirational book for me a d I thouroughly enjoyed reading every aspect of it. Don't let your failures rule and define you!
In this book, author Andrew King details his own failures and the lessons he was able to derive from them. He goes from rejection, to permission, personal moral ambiguities and more. Using examples and quotes from such famous people like Winston Churchill, Mr. King shows us that everyone experiences failure. It's how we rise afterwards that defines us. This was a very inspirational book for me a d I thouroughly enjoyed reading every aspect of it. Don't let your failures rule and define you!
February 26, 2024
Failure Rules!
A very positive message and inspirational story. And quite entertaining.
We all fail, sometimes hard and fast! But the key is to live through it and keep going. This book can help teach ways to avoid some paths to failure, ways to get yourself back up when you do fail, and can motivate you to keep going, even if you are like me and have no clue what you are doing (I hope this is not a failure of a recommendation!)
A very positive message and inspirational story. And quite entertaining.
We all fail, sometimes hard and fast! But the key is to live through it and keep going. This book can help teach ways to avoid some paths to failure, ways to get yourself back up when you do fail, and can motivate you to keep going, even if you are like me and have no clue what you are doing (I hope this is not a failure of a recommendation!)
March 21, 2023
Well written
Very well written. I learned new words as this speaks of dealing with that negative feeling we all have when we fail and what we should do to move forward. Thank you for this.
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Very well written. I learned new words as this speaks of dealing with that negative feeling we all have when we fail and what we should do to move forward. Thank you for this.
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June 20, 2023
failure is not the end
Failing is okay but as an entrepreneur failure should be the correction point which enable turn around for a better tomorrow.
Failing is okay but as an entrepreneur failure should be the correction point which enable turn around for a better tomorrow.
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