Failure is a great teacher. Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before he invented the lightbulb and he viewed each failure as a learning experience. In his words, “I haven’t failed once. I’ve learned ten thousand things that don’t work.” Failure always tells us something about what we need to change in our preparation or execution of the task. What should you do differently next time? Failure provides new opportunities. Henry Ford’s first two car companies failed. Had they succeeded he
