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Failure: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

“I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I’ve lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

MICHAEL JORDAN

basketball superstar, entrepreneur, and majority owner of NBA team the Charlotte Hornets

I’ve got some bad news for you: you will fail.

But every time you fail, you will learn something.

Don’t feel bad when you fail. You’re no different than the most powerful, the most intelligent, and the most entrepreneurial among us.

When you buy a car, it comes with five wheels. The spare isn’t there for if you get a flat tire—it is there for ...

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