All successful leaders fail.

The key to great leadership is not a 100% success rate; the key to great leadership is the ability to step up and adjust or pivot our initial course of action despite the feeling of failure. Many of us are afraid of the unknown or a lack of a plan B, which greatly inhibits our willingness to seize opportunities. However, if we get comfortable in life with ambiguity, and acknowledge that not every deal, job, or project will work as planned, we set ourselves on a path to achieve greatness.

This Monday morning, we leave you with three ideas to incorporate into your professional endeavors, and challenge you to embrace failure as an essential component of any learning experience. Success may fail at first; it is up to you to not let that failure hinder your ability to be great.