Failure is the condition of not achieving a desirable goal or objective, but these shortcomings are opportunities to achieve greatness. Since society does not reward failure, we must take advantage of such opportunities. Our history lessons never teach us the failures of life's greatest thinkers, sports legends, or business barons; they only inform us of the success of these people. What most people have yet to understand is that for every success, no matter how big or small, there has also been some failure. Failure is the most essential component of success and has been a solid launching pad for all aspects of that aspect's illustriousness. Failure may be the most influential misfortune that has ever befallen a person, but it is a powerful tool only if sincerely embraced. When failure is properly embraced, it can provide propulsion to immense levels of skill. After all, the sweetest success is the hardest. The most innovative thinkers and pioneers of success have all experienced, at times, incredible failures. Thomas Edison comes to mind in his ...