The title is quote from Helen Keller.

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” 

Michael Jordan

How does one learn? How do you grow? I believe the answers to these questions lie in our failures.

If you try and avoid all failures, you will take no risks. Without taking these risks, you cannot learn.

When watching a PGA golf tournament, you see the caddies and golfers referencing these notepads. They have the notes they have taken about the golf course. They are often called yardage books. Here is what they may look like.

PGA golfers cannot play it safe and win a tournament. They take risks. To take those risks, they assess the ball’s lie and pick where they want to hit it. Those that win the tournaments take risks.

We often picture Tiger Woods hitting the green and sinking the put.

However, we forget how often he misses.

The reason bull-riding is a popular sport isn’t that it is easy to do. It is popular because it is hard to stay on a bull for 8 seconds.

Rewards come after the risks have been taken.

“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” 

Ralph Waldo Emerson