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Failure is awesome. In 1968, a chemist named Spencer Silver developed one of the most ineffective pressure sensitive adhesives possible. The glue was so terrible that it could not even hold two light objects together for even a short stretch of time. It wasn't until a decade later, when the adhesive was combined with a small piece of paper, that Spencer's product was transformed into what still today remains as one of the most common and almost iconic modern office supplies. Of course, not all failures are like that. But the point is that success is spontaneous and impossible to anticipate. Failure, however, can always be expected. The only way one can respond to it is to embrace it. When I say "embrace it", I mean love the crap out of it. Building a list of personal fails can increase the glow of one's success. It shows that one persevered and continued to try again and again and again and again and again and again and again despite their trials until they finally deserved the sweet victory they received. Everyone's time (success) will eventually come. But the farther you run, the better the ice-cream tastes at the finish line.