@howtofailpod: TW: graphic descriptions of violence and injuries. Two years ago, Sir Salman Rushdie, one of the most celebrated and famous authors in the world was on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, when a figure dressed in black clothes and a mask rushed onto stage and stabbed him numerous times. Rushdie nearly died. The attack came over 30 years after Rushdie had published The Satanic Verses and been forced into hiding after the Iranian Ayatollah declared a fatwa against him. He thought that period of his life was behind him. But, as he tells me in today’s How To Fail, it wasn’t. When he saw his assailant run up to the stage in Chautauqua, his first thought was: ‘Oh, it’s you.’ I’m so honoured that this extraordinary man joins me to share what this experience taught him - and how the forces of love ultimately triumphed over the forces of hatred. We talk about his early failures at boarding school where he was bullied for being a foreigner who was too clever and (cardinal sin) bad at games. Plus his failure to be an actor and his early writing rejections. There is some amazing advice in here for anyone involved in the act of creativity about leaning into the messy imperfections and getting to understand who you really are in the process. Plus: what Margaret Thatcher was really like. The answer might surprise you… I left this conversation so invigorated by being in Sir Salman’s presence. Like all genuinely intelligent people, he doesn’t talk down to anyone, is utterly free of snobbery or pretension and remains deftly curious about the world. Oh, and if you haven’t already subscribed to Failing With Friends, you’ll want to for this one. Sir Salman Rushdie dispensing advice on emotionally avoidant men? YES PLEASE. #salmanrushdie #howtofail #howtofailpodcast

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