I have never "failed" in my life. I have only come up against obstacles and I had to stop, look at it and figure out how I am going to get around it. In my mindset I don't have a term called failure.

(I failed a college Trigonometry course, failed a writing requirement, was looked at as a failure by many in my Master's program because I had some issues, my MIL was unhappy with me frequently, etc. I graduated from that college with an A average, I finally passed that writing requirement, I overcame my issues during my Master's degree and now my MIL finally sees me for who I really am and appreciated me immensely! I would not accept her vision of me and she finally saw who I was really)