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Michael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial

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What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

HN invokes it as the classic illustration of learning through repeated failure and iterating, often in startup threads.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “which everyone should see”

    Jordan's Failure commercial.

    edanm, 2011-06 · Strong recommendation · in “The end of Facebook”

  2. “Amazing commercial (like most Nike commercials).”

    Jordan lists missed shots and lost games behind his success.

    jathu, 2016-04 · Recommendation · in “Every shot Kobe Bryant ever took”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: michael jordan, failure, nike, advertising, perseverance

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