Reflecting on wins is easy.

As tough as it was for some of you, it's easy.

The average will tend to overindulge in these wins.

Many will take the credit for the wins, ignoring the luck, ignoring the grace that was given. And then of course they gloss over all of the losses, all of the failures, they don't pay attention to them.

Not us. We will not ignore or devalue losses and failures because to do so would be criminal.

Napoleon Hill in outwitting the devil states this.

Failure brings a climax in which one has the privilege of clearing his mind of fear and making

a new start in another direction.

Failure proves conclusively that something is wrong with one's aims for the plans by which

the object of these aims is sought.

Failure is the dead end of the habit path one has been following.

And when it is reached, it forces one to leave that path and take up another,

thereby creating a new rhythm.

But failure does even more than this.

It gives an individual an opportunity to test himself,

wherein he may learn how much power he possesses.

Failure also forces people to learn many truths they never would discover without it.

Failure often leads an individual to an understanding of the power of self-discipline

without which no one could turn back after having once been the victim of hypnotic rhythm.

Study the lives of all people who achieve outstanding success in any calling and observe with profit

that their success is usually an exact ratio to their experiences of defeat before succeeding.

Now, I must warn you, as you reflect on these losses, as we're about to do right now, it will not feel good.

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