[Apofis]

My first two businesses failed and I've probably lost a total of about 4 years worth of income had I spent it working somewhere else not to mention the money I dumped into the businesses. I was depressed after the first failure, and destitute without hope after the second.

But you know what, I learned invaluable things from those two failures and I would never have gained the experience I needed to have my 3rd business succeed without those failures, because I learned what not to do and where to best expand energy and money.

So I went back to work for about a year, and then another opportunity came my way and I took it. I wouldn't have been able to without the first two failures, because I simply didn't have the experience necessary.