Failure has a strange reputation.
People remember the result.
Very few remember the attempts that came before it.
Every finished product has an earlier version no one talks about.
Every confident person has moments they questioned themselves.
Every successful journey has chapters that were never meant to be celebrated.
Failure isn't the opposite of progress.
It's often where progress quietly begins.
The people who keep walking eventually realize something...
The road doesn't become easier.
They simply become different.
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