Failure & regret

How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Do you have a favourite failure?

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Sir Roger Bannister Middle-distance runner and neurologist; first man to run a mile in under four minutes
I had set my mind on winning the 1500-meter gold medal in Helsinki in 1952. ... And, it all came disastrously wrong when I came fourth instead of winning. ... Instead of retiring in order to devote myself to medicine, I decided to go on for another two years while I was still a student, working clinically in London, and I did that.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 7 June 2002 source ↗

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