JK Rowling on fringe benfits of failure

This wizard of a writer creator mother of HARRY POTTER spoke in june 2008 at Harvard University.
She talked about failure and its fringe benefits in life .Quite a story by a story teller and web maker to one of the most qualified and talented young people in the world.It is quite humanising and charming a story to watch .Thanks to TED.com where it was posted .TED has become a source of ideas for me.Thanks again TED.

These quotes stand out

Quote 1: "Rock Bottom became my solid foundation"
Quote 2: "Stripping away of the inessentials"

Fringe benefit of beinhg at the bottom that is rock bottom is that you can only go up from there.