A generally held belief is that failure is an undesirable outcome.  We disagree.  In any endeavor, if you are pushing, working, growing, and actually trying, you will fail at some point.  The key is to be tenacious and push through.  Figure out what went wrong.  Learn from it.  Change something for next time.  Grow.

When asked about inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison said,

I didn’t fail.  I just found 10,000 ways it won’t work.

I’m looking forward to hearing the examples of the students of someone they have seen fail, or a failure they have overcome themselves.

In the meantime, here is a video I enjoyed this week about failure, change, and learning to overcome difficulty.  Enjoy!