Learning from Setbacks

Mistakes are learning opportunities. One can analyze what went wrong, what to avoid and how to do better in the future.

• Success leaves clues. That's why we can learn from the habits and methods of successful individuals. 
• Failure does, too. So we can learn from past mistakes.   

Successful entrepreneurs teach us very little. We would do better by analyzing the causes of failure first and then the successes.

The huge failure rate for start-ups is often hidden. We will do well to recognize that these failures hold important information.

The only real similarity...