Failure Resume
You keep a résumé of everything that went right. This is the other one.
On sale September 16, 2026. Pre-orders are open now and ship from that date.
Most people bury their failures. This book asks you to keep a record of them — on purpose: a deliberate account of what didn't work, and what it taught. Not a celebration of failure, not a motivational reflex — a practice.
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About the book
We are trained to present only our wins. The résumé is the proof: a clean list of arrivals, every failure sanded off. Failure Resume proposes the opposite discipline — name the failure exactly, hold it long enough to read it, and let it revise who you become.
Written across twelve years out of the classroom and the advisory room, by a management scholar who has spent nearly thirty years with CEOs, founders, and senior leaders. It is Book One of the Best You Can Trilogy — the framework the next two books build on.
For anyone who has mistaken a setback for a verdict — founders between companies, leaders after a public miss, anyone rebuilding.
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The trilogy
Little Failures Book Two All-Ready Book ThreeLittle Failures follows in October 2026, and All-Ready in December 2026. Each book has a Companion Guide, available with the trilogy as an ebook bundle.
About the author
Raed Saber Elaydi, PhD, is a management scholar and executive coach. For nearly three decades he has advised CEOs, founders, and senior leaders on the moments that don't go to plan. The Best You Can Trilogy was written across twelve years out of that classroom and advisory work — a practice for accepting where you've been, staying accountable, and doing the best you can with what you got.
More at raedelaydi.com. He advises leaders directly at Elaydi Consulting.
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