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 MPF Discussion with Rana FloridaGetting Comfortable with Failure with Creative Class Group CEO Rana Florida About Rana As Chief Executive Officer of the Creative Class Group, Rana Florida manages new business development, marketing, consulting, research and global operations serving such diverse clients as BMW, Converse, IBM, Cirque du Soleil, Audi, Zappos, and Starwood Hotels – to name just a few. She brings to this leadership role more than two decades of experience in corporate strategy, communications, and marketing, having directed global strategic communications for HMSHost, the world’s largest airport developer, as well as having executed marketing initiatives for such premier brands as Disney and Starbucks and events experience working with The Atlantic, The Aspen Institute and The Knight Foundation.Well known as a writer on business and leadership – for Fast Company, Inc.com, the Huffington Post, andrecruiter.com – Rana has also served as a guest business analyst on The Today Show. and MSNBC’s, The Cycle, has been a Fox News contributor for several years, and has been featured in the Business section of The New York Times and in interviews for The Wall Street Journal, Market Watch, CNN, The Globe and Mail and other major media outlets. Her one-on-one high profile interviews have covered notables – from President Bill Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama to tennis great Andre Agassi and NBA owner (and TV star) Mark Cuban, from chefs Jeans-George Vongerichten and Mario Batali to singer Nelly Furtado and fashion designer Tory Burch, from the United Nations Director of Girl Up to world renowned architects Peter Marino and Zaha Hadid – and many more.Her book, Upgrade—Taking Your Work and Life From Ordinary to Extraordinary (McGraw Hill, 2013) was a ‘Business Best Seller,’ by Tattered Cover, the largest independent bookstore retailer in the U.S. and The Globe and Mail, Editor’s Pick.On this episode of My Perfect Failure (Getting Comfortable with Failure) Rana provides insights and tips on how we can all get more comfortable with Failure and achieve much more from our lives.  Rana has interviewed noted people such as Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Andre Agassi and Mark Cuban.  Rana shares some of their tips and tricks they have used to propel their careers:  Some of the areas we cover: ·        Why People tend to avoid taking Risks?·        How we can learn by opening up to the possibility of being wrong·        The benefits of allowing your employees to come up with ideas·        Rana’s fantastic book:  Upgrade: Taking your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary Book by RanaUpgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary·         https://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-Taking-Your-Ordinary-Extraordinary/dp/0071827218/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=  Fast Company article by Rana·         https://www.fastcompany.com/3037704/what-it-really-means-to-fail-forwardRana Twitter·         https://twitter.com/ranafloridaRana Instagram·         https://www.instagram.com/rflorida/My Perfect Failure contact me Work with me: paul@myperfectfailure.com

MPF Discussion with Rana FloridaGetting Comfortable with Failure with Creative Class Group CEO Rana Florida About Rana As Chief Executive Officer of the Creative Class Group, Rana Florida manages new business development, marketing, consulting, research and global operations serving such diverse clients as BMW, Converse, IBM, Cirque du Soleil, Audi, Zappos, and Starwood Hotels – to name just a few. She brings to this leadership role more than two decades of experience in corporate strategy, communications, and marketing, having directed global strategic communications for HMSHost, the world’s largest airport developer, as well as having executed marketing initiatives for such premier brands as Disney and Starbucks and events experience working with The Atlantic, The Aspen Institute and The Knight Foundation.Well known as a writer on business and leadership – for Fast Company, <a href="http://Inc.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inc.com</a>, the Huffington Post, <a href="http://andrecruiter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">andrecruiter.com</a> – Rana has also served as a guest business analyst on The Today Show. and MSNBC’s, The Cycle, has been a Fox News contributor for several years, and has been featured in the Business section of The New York Times and in interviews for The Wall Street Journal, Market Watch, CNN, The Globe and Mail and other major media outlets. Her one-on-one high profile interviews have covered notables – from President Bill Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama to tennis great Andre Agassi and NBA owner (and TV star) Mark Cuban, from chefs Jeans-George Vongerichten and Mario Batali to singer Nelly Furtado and fashion designer Tory Burch, from the United Nations Director of Girl Up to world renowned architects Peter Marino and Zaha Hadid – and many more.Her book, Upgrade—Taking Your Work and Life From Ordinary to Extraordinary (McGraw Hill, 2013) was a ‘Business Best Seller,’ by Tattered Cover, the largest independent bookstore retailer in the U.S. and The Globe and Mail, Editor’s Pick.On this episode of My Perfect Failure (Getting Comfortable with Failure) Rana provides insights and tips on how we can all get more comfortable with Failure and achieve much more from our lives.  Rana has interviewed noted people such as Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Andre Agassi and Mark Cuban.  Rana shares some of their tips and tricks they have used to propel their careers:  Some of the areas we cover: ·        Why People tend to avoid taking Risks?·        How we can learn by opening up to the possibility of being wrong·        The benefits of allowing your employees to come up with ideas·        Rana’s fantastic book:  Upgrade: Taking your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary Book by RanaUpgrade: Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary·         <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-Taking-Your-Ordinary-Extraordinary/dp/0071827218/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-Taking-Your-Ordinary-Extraordinary/dp/0071827218/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a>  Fast Company article by Rana·         <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3037704/what-it-really-means-to-fail-forward" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3037704/what-it-really-means-to-fail-forward</a>Rana Twitter·         <a href="https://twitter.com/ranaflorida" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ranaflorida</a>Rana Instagram·         <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rflorida/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/rflorida/</a> My Perfect Failure contact me Work with me: <a href="mailto:paul@myperfectfailure.com">paul@myperfectfailure.com</a>

Getting Comfortable with Failure with Creative Class Group CEO Rana Florida

Meet Rana Florida, CEO, The Creative Class Group, Huffington Post's "Your Startup Life" Columnist.She is also the other of UPGRADE: Taking Your Life From Ordinatry To Extraordinary.  This book gathers the best practices not just from CEO's and business executives but from entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and creative leaders and presents their philosophies in simple and actionable terms that anyone ca put to good effect in their professional or personal lives from day one.Rana Florida writes the Huffington Post column "Your Startup Life." CEO of Creative Glass Group, a consulting firm serving such clients as BMW Starwood, IBM, Philips Zappos and Johnson &amp; Johnson. She has appeared on The Today Show and has been featured in The New York Times, and Fast Company. She previously served as Senior Director of Communications and Marketing at HMSHost (Host Marriott ServicesO, a $2 billlion dollar international organization in the travel industry working with hundreds of brands such as Starbucks, Tumi and Kenneth Cole.Florida interview3ed successes from vastly different backgrounds and skills, and examined a host of other stand-outs in business and in life; her reseqarch concluded that there are seven key principles to achieving your business and life goals. UPGRADE examines these philosophies for living an Upgraded life starting with that first great step: Envisioning Your Future,Check out www.creativeclass.com

Meet Rana Florida, CEO, The Creative Class Group, Huffington Post's "Your Startup Life" Columnist. She is also the other of UPGRADE: Taking Your Life From Ordinatry To Extraordinary.  This book gathers the best practices not just from CEO's and business executives but from entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and creative leaders and presents their philosophies in simple and actionable terms that anyone ca put to good effect in their professional or personal lives from day one. Rana Florida writes the Huffington Post column "Your Startup Life." CEO of Creative Glass Group, a consulting firm serving such clients as BMW Starwood, IBM, Philips Zappos and Johnson &amp; Johnson. She has appeared on The Today Show and has been featured in The New York Times, and Fast Company. She previously served as Senior Director of Communications and Marketing at HMSHost (Host Marriott ServicesO, a $2 billlion dollar international organization in the travel industry working with hundreds of brands such as Starbucks, Tumi and Kenneth Cole. Florida interview3ed successes from vastly different backgrounds and skills, and examined a host of other stand-outs in business and in life; her reseqarch concluded that there are seven key principles to achieving your business and life goals. UPGRADE examines these philosophies for living an Upgraded life starting with that first great step: Envisioning Your Future, Check out <a href="http://www.creativeclass.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.creativeclass.com</a>

Rana Florida, CEO, The Creative Class Group & Writer