In The Beginner's Mind, I talked about fear of mistakes as being an issue in American education. Richard St. John authored a book called 8 to be Great. It answers the simple question "What leads to success?" In the part of this video where he speaks of persistence, Richard says "All successful people fail."
Richard also spoke twice at TED. Here, he speaks of his own failures. Everyone interested in education should check out Richard St. John.
I'm not saying we should all strive to fail. But I do believe we all need to put failure into perspective.
