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 Like most entrepreneurs, Ted has the view that if a rule prevents him from doing something  that seems logical to him, then it is a bad rule and he works to find a way around it. He takes the view that you can find a way to overcome rules that unnecessarily constrain and just get on and do it.

The lessons he has learnt from crushing defeats, have taught him to view defeat as lessons, they are not about losing.

When he launched CNN, many around him were sceptical of it's chances of survival, let alone success. But Ted had the belief it would work and pushed through, despite the sceptics.

Setbacks must be put behind you, as quickly as possible. He uses the example of a golfer who loses his ball in a lake. Golfers don't stop and analyse why the ball went in to the lake, they take out a fresh ball, tee it up, and keep on playing.