Failure is always an option

OK - I admit it, I am a Mybusters fan.  There is something about watching people (highly trained people) get such enjoyment out of blowing stuff up that I find amusing.  But somewhere in there is a lesson or two as well.  

One of my favorite Mythbusters' quotes is
"Failure is always an option."  

Even the great Yoda said - do or do not, there is no try. You succeed or your fail. Failure is always an option.
Here's the key - Failure is not the end, it is just a step.  

In fact, while working on a presentation for a future seminar I ran across this quote - "Success is falling nine times and getting up ten."  Jon Bon Jovi

I like that one.  Falling down nine but getting up ten.  Not only for the inspirational thought, that try try again theme, but for something bigger.  While every failure should teach us something, helps us figure out a change we need to make, a tweak our project needs, or a perspective we didn't have before, it shouldn't stop us dead in our tracks.  Why - because maybe, just maybe that next change was the one we needed and our next attempt will be success.  How many people stopped 1 yard short of a touchdown but never knew it?  

So don't let failure stop us, or define us, but rather let it teach us. Let it show us a new angle or help us gain new perspective. After all, failure is always an option.