Photo by Tojosan
From Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture:
In a virtual-reality course I taught, I encouraged students to attempt hard things and not worry about failing. At the end of the semester, I presented a stuffed penguin—“The First Penguin Award”—to the team that took the biggest gamble while not meeting its goals. The award came from the idea that when penguins jump in water that might have predators, well, one of them’s got to be the first penguin. In essence, it was a prize for “glorious failure.”
Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted. And it can be the most valuable thing you have to offer.
Wanna Be A KP 
April 8, 2008 at 10:25 am
I really liked that line in the lecture too 😉 The one about experience.
April 9, 2008 at 12:20 pm
This is the best philosophy!If you attempt
something and didn’t get a positive result,
you can always learn many thing from this
journey.This one rewarded you with so many
good friends,you tried n made videos,started
to learn a new language,travelled far away
places alone but confidently,last six month you experience so many interesting things,the
list can go on n on.How many people has this
much of courage!!So here it goes “100 cheers
for Tiara,hip hip hurray” That penguin is really very cute!! Love, Ammu.
April 9, 2008 at 12:39 pm
aww thank you mummy 🙂
April 10, 2008 at 8:27 am
That’s awesome, it should be a lesson taught in schools everywhere.
I’d rather fail, than wonder what if?
Good post.
March 19, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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February 25, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I kind of agree with what they were saying just not as direct
October 4, 2018 at 6:57 pm
Or if you are in later table location and there are no
callers a raisers in front of you, a improve of your own might defeat the jackpot
for you there and.