I was sharing with my students last week the benefits of failing.

1. You find out how badly you really want something if your response is to not give up.
2. You almost always guarantee that you will eventually succeed if you keep getting up and trying again (remember Thomas Edison tried 10,000 times to make the lightbulb work – it was just when, not if).
3. You overcome the fear of failure in the future when you train yourself to look at failure as a rehearsal for your eventual success.