I came across this video through some internet searches and was inspired to put this on the blog despite the fact that it’s nearly two years old. Sometimes, things should remain timeless.

J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivered a Commencement Address on the benefits of failure and the importance of imagination in June 2008.

Part 1 of J.K. Rowling's Speech at the Harvard Commencement.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkREt4ZB-ck]

Part 2

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm28K-Dgfxs&NR=1]