Those are bold words, considering I had the audacity to say them to a room full of some of the smartest people on the planet — a group of MIT students, faculty and administrators. It was November 2021, and I had been invited by the organizers of MIT's annual FAIL! Inspiring Resilience conference to speak about how I've overcome failure, and how they can too.

Why did MIT invite me? It turns out, some of their smartest students are "failing at failure" — with serious emotional and mental health consequences — and, as luck would have it, failing is one my greatest skills. Or I should say, building the resilience to overcome failure is one of my greatest strengths. As I told the audience that day, "I may have a master's degree in failure, but I have a PhD in getting right back up again."

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