Failure A Prerequisite To Success

Jeff Cornwall of The Entrepreneurial Mind blog has a great post on failure's crucial role in success.

Some interesting points:

Our culture seems to be drifting into an alarming view of success and
failure. We seek quick or even instant success. I see it in entrepreneurs who
look at their businesses as deals to yield a quick, short-term windfall rather
than as a sustainable source of income and good jobs. We seek our fortunes
through lotteries and lawsuits rather than hard work.
. . .
America has become a society of people who blame everyone and everything else for our own failures.

Read the whole thing.