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We learn early to be frightened of failure, but is it really so bad? This article in Forbes discusses significant failures that turned into massive successes:

http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/25/failure-achievement-psychology-lead_achieve07_cz_ns_0301failure.html

The author could also have added Abraham Lincoln, who suffered many failures:

http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln42.html