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Scott Adams champions "fail till you succeed" quite a bit. He's had a string of interesting failures too (listed out at the bottom): http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230462610...


There was a guy who failed 10 times...and never made it. I don't who he is because he didn't make it. Sometimes if you fail a bunch it really is time to pack it up and get a steady job.


I don't think so. You never know, he could have been successful in his 12th attempt but how could he have known if he did not try.

That's the thing about success. You know its there, you just don't know how many tries it would take you to get there.




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