If we don't fall, we're not trying hard enough

I remember a ski instructor using that as his mantra way back when on the scratchy slopes of Mount Tom, and I adopted for pretty much every slippery slope I've encountered in life so far (and have some pretty spectacular learning lessons along the way as a result). So when I saw this post on Gaping Void, I had to share: Failure is my muse. This is why we need EventCamp and PCMA and W2W and all the groups and people who keep trying new things and not just survive their failures, but are inspired by them.