Is failure a curse? Is success, alone, the sign of a deserved blessing? Is the "loser" - the loser, the "failure" - as he is nicknamed today, the leper of our time?
Over the course of seven decades, in my personal and professional careers—particularly as a business leader—and in my volunteer work, I have made mistakes and experienced failures, but I have also had some "great successes." I have learned some lessons from them; the challenge has been to apply them to myself before recommending them to others.
Life is an adventure and a struggle that is not all about victories. Winston Churchill went so far as to say that "Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
I hope to inspire you not to give up, to bounce back, and to keep going. This book is intended above all as a contribution and an encouragement to continue the adventure of life, which, however difficult it may be for most of us, deserves to be lived to the fullest.