Bound and determined to succeed, I maintained a positive attitude by noting that the hard lessons learned from failures can be incredibly valuable.

FORBES: Be Humble and Teachable to Lay the Foundation of Success

The lessons learned, from both successes and failures, may be shared with other countries interested in addressing such issues.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Program (WWAP)

It turns out that venture capitalists and executive recruiters are not stupid, they just learned the wrong lessons from previous failures.

FORBES: Preparing To Fire an Executive