Positive mindset

School was an interesting time in life for me.  My favourite teachers were the PE teachers - I spent hours playing various sports with them.  Unfortunately for my eldest son he isn't having the same experience and the language used always seems to be negative.  The other day the "f" word was used which is unheard of these days in school....failure.  So in order to establish some balance in the discussion I quoted Michael Jordan, the best basketball player in the world.  "I've missed more than 9,000 shots.  I've lost almost 300 games.  26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.  I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."
If it's good enough for Michael Jordan, it's good enough for me.  If you haven't failed, you haven't tried.  Come on get yourself out there and have a go!