Creative people produce more failures…

From Creating Minds by Howard Gardner

“Simonton demonstrates that the most highly esteemed creators not only are more productive in general, but that they produce more “bad” works that have long been ignored as well as more “good” works that are esteemed by posterity.”

Even Mozart who many saw as a natural genius did not actually start producing masterpieces until he was 21, and by that time had already spent many years composing music. His works prior to that were not considered extraordinary.

The message? Start producing failures now and start learning how to do it better.