Let’s talk about the importance of failure with regards to struggle. It’s easy to beat yourself up when you fail. You didn’t get the job, you didn’t get the promotion, you failed to run a 5km etc. These can be very disheartening events, but they needn’t be. There is no success without failure, so if you’re not failing, you will never succeed. Most people are so terrified of failing that they never even try. However, every successful person failed, struggled through setbacks or felt lost and hopeless right before they “made it.”