Reveals how people from the Wright brothers to Mary Kay Ash, Arnold Palmer, and Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore developed the ability to take risks, learn from their mistakes, and profit from their failures.

Preface: Becoming a REAL success. What's the main difference between people who achieve and people who are average? -- Redefining failure and success. Get a new definition of failure and success -- It you've failed, are you a failure? -- You're too old to cry, but it hurts too much to laugh -- Find the exit off the failure freeway -- Do you mind changing your mind? -- No matter what happens to you, failure is an inside job -- Is the past holding your life hostage? -- Who is this person making these mistakes? -- Get over yourself- everyone else has -- Embracing failure as a friend. Grasp the positive benefits of negative experiences -- Take a risk- there's no other way to fail forward -- Make failure your best friend -- Increasing your odds for success. Avoid the top ten reasons people fail -- The little difference between failure and success makes a big difference -- It's what you do after you get back up that counts -- Now you're ready to fail forward.