I found the commencement speech by JK Rowling at Harvard University to be one of the most interesting speeches I've listened to. I can't say that I am always interested in listening to someone speak for a long period of time, but this kept my attention and got me thinking exactly about what she was saying. The two points she made were about failure and imagination. The point about picking yourself up from failure and how failure is valuable is something worth keeping in mind all the time. She made her points clear and interesting by telling the story of how she failed terribly at one point in her life, but then was able to start from "rock bottom". I also liked how she did not just tell her life story, but also made sure to comment on how she valued her life compared to what she has seen others go through. While trying to pick up her life at one point she encountered people with extremely rough lives, and was sure to mention how she kept that in mind all the time, how lucky she was even though she felt like she had failed, and how if you have any means to pick your life back up you have to try to the best of your abilities.
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