First of all, do you not love Craig and Amy?

Huh? Talk to me.

Oh.

Love Amy, and we all know Craig married way above himself.

In the South, they say he outpunted his coverage, huh?

But I'm so glad to be with you at Life Church, and I am going to talk today, teach on the subject

famous failures, and it really does come out of a book that I just wrote that's just coming

out right now on how to get a return on failure.

And I have written 92 books, okay?

That's so big deal.

That's so big deal. All that means is you're old,

okay? That's all it means. If you write 92 books, you're old. And I've written three books on

failure. And the first book I wrote was failing forward about 25 years ago, which became an instant

bestseller. And then I wrote a book called

Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn. And then this book on how to get a return on failure.

And somebody asked me, said, well, why have you written three failure books? And it's because

I do really believe that failure is a spiritual gift that I have. And a lot of people don't have it, but I'm just good at it. You know what I mean? Some people are not good at failure. Some people are really good at failure. And so I try to help people get really good at failure. And my first book, Failing Forward, let me tell you how I wrote that one. Margaret and I were going to go on a cruise to see the fjords of Norway.

About a month before we were going on the cruise, I was looking at my calendar, and I saw that it was a

two-week cruise to see the fjords of Norway. And I thought to myself, seems a little long.

Just a little long.

I mean, God created the heavens and earth in six days.

And we're taking two weeks to see the fjords of Norway.

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