Failure gets a bad rap.

In this episode of The Bounce Rate, we look at failure from a few different angles: as a teacher, as a measuring stick, and as an unavoidable part of doing literally anything worthwhile. Sometimes a mistake is the thing that makes progress finally visible. Sometimes it’s just a face-plant you have to stand up from and keep moving.

Along the way, we spiral through cruise-ship ice show disasters, early eBay misadventures, the emotional math of online dating, and somehow Shakespeare (obviously.)

If you’ve NEVER failed at anything in your life...this episode is NOT for you.