The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. Dr. Joyce Brothers Found at the Business Opportunities Blog small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Subscribe.

I believe in celebrating failure, redefining it as a positive, seeing failure as a sign of progress. Apparently, Scott Westcott at the National Federation of Independent Businesses agrees, at least a little. His article, The Fruits of Failure, explores some examples, and encourages giving failure awards, and I applaud him for researching and writing it….

Remember my whole series on failure? Maybe I started something! Two posts today from completely different sources contemplating these same ideas. (Odd that they are on the same day…) Mr. R (also known as Roman) is reading Jack Welch’s book, Winning, and thinking about How to act like a winner when you feel like a…

Listen to the audio version here. The hum of lawn mowers around here tells me that we are past spring cleaning and on to summer action. New projects are launching, and every day the pace of business is accelerating. Take time to reflect. Our recent series on failure was based on Larry Wilson’s quote, “I…

We end our failure quotes where we began: “I cannot fail; I can only learn and grow.”— Larry Wilson Change your mindset. Treat failure as necessary and extremely valuable. Don’t beat yourself up for false starts, near misses or even wide misses. Learn and grow. Thanks for following our feature on failure and success. We…

At a blog called The Scratching Post, a mistake lead to a blogosphere backlash, and the lessons learned ultimately lead to a terrific post, A Customer Satisfaction Study in the Blogosphere. The author digs up this failure quote: In his book, A Touch of Wonder, Arthur Gordon has a superb essay entitled “The Far Side…