
As you may know, Denny was one of the founding members of the iconic group the Mamas and the Papas. He was narrating a 265-episode radio series our company had developed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Beatles landing in North America.

You can read an excerpt from My Best Mistakebelow.īack in 2004, I was working with Denny Doherty in a recording studio. His radio shows have been broadcast on CBC Radio since 2005. O'Reilly is an advertising expert, broadcaster and the author of two other books, The Age of Persuasion and This I Know. " My Best Mistake will change how you think about screwing up and will encourage you to accept mistakes and embrace the obstacles that may arise from these errors, leading you to unexpected breakthroughs and silver linings of your own," the publisher, HarperCollins, said in the book's description.ħ books that had Terry O'Reilly under their influence Some high-profile examples O'Reilly highlights include how a printing error results in the Incredible Hulk's iconic green colour (he was originally supposed to be grey) and how Popsicles were invented accidentally. Some mistakes lead to dramatic life changes and new opportunities - and others seem minor, almost insignificant, until they lead to a famous brand, band or work of art. In My Best Mistake, O'Reilly will recount how some of the biggest breakthroughs and best-loved products began with a mistake.

My Best Mistake will be published on Oct. Under the Influence host Terry O'Reilly is writing a new book about the upside of making mistakes.
