— -- Let's talk about a word no small business owner or entrepreneur ever likes to utter: "failure." Nobody wants to fail. But some failure is inevitable — at least it is if you ever hope to ...

I consider myself to be something of an expert on failure. I’ve failed more times than I care to count, both in my personal life and my career. And some of my failures were truly epic. All joking ...

Fear of failure is one of the biggest fears people have. Ironically, failure is an integral component of the success process. There are two distinctly different types of failure. Absolute failure is ...

Why is it that we can learn more from failure than success? While it may seem illogical, it’s true. It appears that the pain we associate with failure weighs heavier and sticks with us longer than the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. In a world obsessed with career success stories, we rarely ...