If you were at all like me, you were thrilled with the opportunity, yet simultaneously nauseous with the realization that failure and disappointment were part of the deal as well.

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The expectations that we self create often become the lodestone of disappointment and failure, weighing us down and detracting from fulfillment.

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We expect the bounty to be ours and if not attained, disappointment or feelings of failure follow.

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Torcetrapib's failure is also a huge disappointment for doctors who hoped the pill would reduce the 900, 000 heart attacks and strokes that are caused every year by clogged arteries.

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