7V: Failure=success?

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The online definition of "failure" is "an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success." However, many people give different definitions to the word. People think of the world "failure" as a negative, bad word, but can you take your failure and learn from it?

For example, if you fail a test at school, you can learn from your mistake, study harder next time, and get a better grade, right? This weeks readings talked about the benefits of failure and the 10,000 hour rule(practicing something for 10,000 hours before you can fully master something.)  One of the quotes that I liked, taken from JK Rowling's speech on "The Fringe Benefits of Failure" says"The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive." (http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/06/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination). Failure isn't always a bad thing, especially when you have a learning experience with it. So take your failures, and instead of being mad about them, you can make something better out of them and know that everyone has some failures every now and then.

Other words I've come across in this weeks readings are:
Invariably: in every case or on every occasion; always.
Competency: the ability to do something successfully or efficiently.