Michael Jordan, born in Brooklyn in 1963, became one of basketball's greatest players, winning six NBA championships and two ...

Olympians can teach us to redefine what it means to be successful. They face daily setbacks and have to learn to deal with ...

When it comes to the entrepreneurial journey, learning is the pathway to success. That learning usually comes from failure. No entrepreneur likes to fail, but the fact is most do. Some very successful ...

Failure as a noun means lack of success, omission of required action, or the collapse of a business. It can be embarrassing and painful to experience. Most will do anything to avoid failure—nobody ...

Many consider Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player in history. However, during his sophomore year of high school, he was famously relegated to the junior varsity team. Oprah Winfrey, on the ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Avoid “mistake hoarding” — don’t hide your mistakes from your managers and teams. Be transparent and understand the roles mistakes play ...

Is failure a key part of the innovation process? Can you have one without the other? The number-one enemy of creativity is the fear of failure. Most entrepreneurs and designers believe failure is how ...

“If you don’t fail, then you aren’t even trying” is the most oft-quoted line from Denzel Washington’s 2011 graduation speech at the University of Pennsylvania. The speech, regarded amongst the most ...

It’s a widely accepted truism that “failure is a better teacher than success.” We’re all familiar with the inspiring tales of people who failed again and again but built upon the lessons learned from ...

I remember it like it was yesterday. Freshman year basketball tryouts had gone surprisingly well. I completed every pass, sank a decent percentage of my free throws, and carved out a spot as a ...