I see a strange fascination with failure in these parts.

As someone who has failed bountifully, let me tell you that there isn't much in failure.

It's certainly nothing to be pursued or glorified.

Failure is at best, a sign post.

It might say "Try again," or "Over there."

What it doesn't do though, is pay.

Failure on its own is worthless.

Don't ascribe some imaginary value to failure - you actually get nothing back for it.

Failure is opaque - it doesn't come with any clear instruction.

So if you're not paying close attention, recording, and measuring,

then you will find that your failures don't even contain lessons.

Therefore, beware of your attitude toward failure.

Don't be afraid of it, but don't buy into the childish nonsense of celebrating failure.

Unless of course, you enjoy stalling on your journey.