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John Poindexter

You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.

John Poindexter

Failure

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When you try new things to reach your goals, you have to be ready for some attempts not to work out. If everything always succeeds, it means you aren’t challenging yourself enough or aiming high enough.

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