Success

I got this thought from an Esquire article on Sumner Redstone, though I'll be damned if I can find it. Anyway the thought is this:

People place too much upon being successful. Success does not come about as a result of previous successes, success comes on the heels of failure. Failure, failure, failure, failure, failure. It is only through failing that we get to the next level, and the only people that get there are the ones who fail, and find the strength to get back up and fail again. And again.

If you're not failing, you're not going to be winning. And if you just failed, remember that you might be one more try away from succeeding.

But expect to fail every day. If you want to move forward.