Assignment 19 Garrett Peavler

 The best advice I have ever been given is "The only way you fail is if you quit trying." And while this may seem like some cheesy slogan you'd see on a billboard advertising sportswear, it is a fantastic piece of advice that has a substantial amount of real world application. It is easy to become discouraged when you make a mistake or don't get something right the first time, but you really shouldn't be. You are never going to know how to do something right unless you do it wrong. Mistakes allow you to learn what not to do which ultimately makes you a better person. Every attempt and every mistake gives you knowledge or skills that help you improve and so long as you are improving you haven't failed. But if you quit trying, you lose the benefits that mistakes bring. And at that point, what have you gained? Nothing. You have gained nothing and you have failed.