One of the key characteristics of successful people is how they view failure. Successful people rarely see failure as fatal; they see it as feedback. When they don't get the desired result, they learn from the experience and try, try, again. The most successful authors, inventors, actors, etc., have developed the ability to deal with massive amounts of rejection. High rarely think of failure as an end in itself. Instead, they believe in delayed success. A loser says, "I can't do it," while a winner says, "I can't do it yet."