Failure is a word that strikes fear in the heart of everybody. Our society has become so success-oriented that we have very little tolerance for failure.  We glamorize Lebron Jameses of the world, and ridicule misfits and also-rans like you and me.

There was one of those reality television shows on with several young people placed in a house together for weeks. One of the girls made the candid remark, "I have never …