On the life journey, it’s certain that we’ll endure failures and make mistakes. A friend of mine, an inventor with eight devices in use and registered by the Office of U.S. Patents, is a good example of reinventing after mistakes or failures. Before any success he experienced numerous failures. It’s as if he, along with all the other creatives of dogged determination, have memorised - and then forgotten - Samuel Beckett’s oft-quoted statement on success:
EVER TRIED EVER FAILED NO MATTER TRY AGAIN FAIL BETTER
We were college roommates, and though I’ve not kept up with him, I cherish the memories and recall his dormitory room experiments even in
