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“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 andover again in my life…and that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan was one of the greatest athletes of all time, but like all great people, he also failed regularly. Who was one of the greatest athletesof all time? Michael Jordan was one of the greatest athletes of all time. Did he always win? No, he didn’t always win. He failed regularly. Watching Michael Jordan play basketball was like watching aman fly. His grace and talent were unmatched. Clearly he had a lifetime of training and incredible natural talent, but these weren’t the only things that made him great. He also had a healthyrelationship with failure. Like many greats in sports and business, he

wasn’t discouraged by failure. The shots he missed and the games that he lost didn’t make him give up. He knew that failure was justanother chance for him to improve. What did Michael Jordan think about failure? He thought that failure was just another chance for him to improve. Many highly successful people in the world of sportsand business have this healthy relationship with failure. What kind of relationship do many successful people have with failure? Many successful people have a healthy relationship with failure. One ofthe world’s most famous inventors, Thomas Edison made thousands of attempts at creating a light bulb. He tried hundreds of materials for the light bulb filament, but there was always a problem. Somewould burn out. Others would explode. Some would melt the glass. There were always problems, but he never gave up and he never saw his failure as a failure. He just saw it as a step towards success....