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Online Video

The Reality of Failure
www.inc.com/andrew-dreskin/most-important-trait-to-have-as-an-entrepreneur.html
Entrepreneur Andrew Dreskin of Ticketfly discusses that accepting failure is critical.

Why a Business Can Fail
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3UNTyMAamo
John Taffer explains why the biggest reason businesses fail is blaming someone else.

What I Learned From 100 Days of Rejection 
https://www.ted.com/talks/jia_jiang_what_i_learned_from_100_days_of_rejection 
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into the territory of rejection by seeking out rejection for 100 days to desensitize himself to the pain and shame it often brings. 

Learning From Failure
hbr.org/2011/04/strategies-for-learning-from-failure
While we learn as children that failure is “bad,” recognizing and learning from failure can be a strategy for avoiding bigger failures.

Developing Grit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWctLEdIgi4 
This video gives practical suggestions for developing grit.

Embracing Failure
www.businessinsider.com/sara-blakely-spanx-ceo-offers-advice-redefine-failure-retail-2016-7
Sara Blakely, CEO of Spanx, describes how her mindset of embracing failure has helped her take risks and learns valuable lessons.

Web Article

Working With Failure
learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/sowing-failure-reaping-success-what-failure-can-teach/?_r=0
This article compares failure in different industries and gives practical suggestions for working with failure to learn from mistakes and decide how to move forward.