I would venture to say (with research backing me up) that if you aren't failing something's wrong. When you fail, it means not only did you do something, but you pushed passed your limits. If you continually push passed your limits, they cease to be your limits and things get easier for the next big challenge that awaits. Nothing is final.
In Bounce by Matthew Syed he speaks about how world class performers continually fail to meet their (current) goal with a clear view of how to get there. As long as they fail, they get better. Now, consider the ice skater that never tries any new jumps. They continue to do the single easiest jump in ice skating (the bunny hop) and never try anything new. Are they becoming better ice skaters as a result of never failing to do the bunny hop? No. Only the ice skater that is continually trying new things, falling down, getting back up, while trying (and probably failing) again will become world class. So embrace failure for what it is, get back up, and try a triple axel.
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