Why We Must Fail Every Now and Then

In the following article, Bruce Grierson describes the benefits, and even the necessity of failure:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200905/weathering-the-storm

The entire article is well worth your time, however (in true blog fashion) here are his 9 ways to Fail Better:

1. Lighten up
2. Join the club
3. Feel guilt, not shame
4. Cultivate optimism
5. Ask not what the world can do for you . . .
6. Scale down self expectations
7. Harness the Bridget Jones Effect (keep a journal)
8. Don't blame yourself
9. Act! - - Failure is an opportunity.