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Failure: The Blog 
August 2018
- When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
- Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
- London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
- Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
- Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start
July 2018
- Fear This Instead Of Failure
- Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
- A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
- The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
- Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti
June 2018
- A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
- US Army Embraces Mistakes
- Blocking A Hymn
- Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
- [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed
May 2018
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
- Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
- This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
- 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
- MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process
April 2018
- Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
- Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
- Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
- Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
- Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged
March 2018
Failure is Often a Gift of God
Reader Theresia Whitfield points us at a blog post from a Christian missionary. His message is that failure is often a gift of God.
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Seth Barnes explains this simply on his website:
The problem is that I misinterpreted failure as rejection. I saw myself going backward when actually, God was promoting me.
I used to look at my failures and misinterpret what God was doing. When I was fired from my first job, I saw that as me failing – a demotion.
What I see in retrospect is that failure was God’s tool to move me to a posture of dependence [on Him.]
If we think about failure as the secret to success in a spiritual context, Mr. Barnes words can ring true. Instead of attributing failure as rejection, it is an opportunity to be stronger. It’s a chance to recognize how we can be of better service to what we believe to be right.
No matter your spiritual persuasion, you have to admit that mistakes are part of the process. The question is whether you will use them as a source of blame or as inspiration to be come stronger, better and more complete.
