Setbacks: Game Over or Game On?

What do Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger, and Jeff Bezos have in common? They are all incredibly successful, true, but they also have each suffered more than their share of knockdowns. Every great leader – from Gandhi to Galileo, from Beethoven and Zuckerberg – has stumbled. Those that make history also endure adversity.

A common quality among those we revere: they don’t allow their setbacks to become their defining moments. Instead, they muster the resilience of a street fighter to rise up and for...