Failure Gifts

"I'm a wunderkind slash flop."

'Our company has hit an iceberg and is sinking fast. Of course, it's all very symbolic.'

'Our company has hit an icebery and is sinking fast. Of course, it's all very symbolic.'

'Look at the bright side -- having a business fail when you're thirty is great preparation for your Midlife Crisis.'

'You know creativity involves a high tolerance for failure, don't you?'

'My French is not so good.'

Lumberjack's Epic Fail

'Maybe you need to practice walking.'

"They grow up so slow."

"How's that pub landlord thing working out?"

Change of Management - Fortunes Told

"Of course failure is an option; I use it all the time!"

First Attempts: Wright Brothers. Hair-plane.

'My website? Oh, it was a bit of a one hit wonder.'

Chapter 3. Andrew's scheme backfires.

"Sure, I could hold your hand during down markets...but it wouldn't help you learn how to embrace failure."

4 Failure Types: Mr. Underprepared, Ms. Overprepared, Ms. Insecure, Mr. Overconfident

"Mr. Saltee"

-"My new business is a total flop!" -"Remember what I told you..Do research!"

'I am willing to fail... as long as it's not my fault.'

'If I didn't flunk something every once in a while, how would I ever learn anything?'

"Dot com, dot go, now I got - no dough."

"This is definitely the last time I arrange a date over the internet!"

Feel good loser. NON WINNER

'If you're planning to move back in here with your mother and me, you'll have to abide by our rules.'

'I need someone who can relate to failure.'

"By God, you're not a man who's afraid to fail."

'Can we lose our shirts and get away with calling it a wardrobe malfunction?'

'I have repented my new economy ways, will work for money'.

'Today I discover fire, tonight she burns dinner.'

'We're e-bankrupt.'

'Cards for those special occasions'.

'Allors Monsieur, let's see... one fish meal... one phone call for the ambulance... that'll be 79,70.'

"Oh no, when I tell my dad, she'll go ballistic!"

'How many times did I tell you 'Don't eat the free samples given out on the street!'?'