Msg 19 - Change the Method, Not the Mission: The Tyler Perry Story

The Story

What if your biggest failure isn’t the end of the story? Tyler Perry saved about $12,000 to produce his first stage play, expecting a real audience. Only about 30 people showed up. The money was gone, the production had failed, and over the next several years Perry struggled through odd jobs, repeated setbacks, weekly hotels, and even nights sleeping in his Geo Metro. Most people would have taken that as a clear sign to quit. Perry saw something else.

Press Play to hear the Tyler Perry story and discover what it can teach us about intelligent persistence, learning from failure, serving an overlooked audience, and turning creative work into something you actually own. The first failure may tell you what didn’t work. It doesn’t have to tell you what can’t work.