The "Chinese Idiom Dictionary" explains "Failure is the mother of success" as follows: mother, precursor. It means that only people who are good at learning from failures can achieve success. According to research, it originated from the myth of Gun and Yu's flood control.
Examples:
1. Edison
Once, a person reminded Edison that when he invented the battery, he failed 25,000 times. But the great inventor replied: "No, I did not fail. I discovered 24,999 reasons why batteries don't work." During his lifetime, Edison obtained 1,093 invention patents, such as the phonograph, Movies, electric pens, wax paper and fluorescent lamps, etc. We can imagine how many failures he experienced during his extraordinary career. We should be grateful that he has an indomitable spirit that refuses to accept failure.
2. The founder of KFC
The founder of KFC is Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders is a retired soldier. After he retired, he was penniless.
My monthly living can only be maintained by subsidies from the government. Sanders had a secret recipe for fried chicken.
He decided to recommend his secret recipe to major food companies, but every company refused in the face of this ragged man.
After 1001 efforts, he was finally recognized by a food company. In just one and a half years, he opened 300 chain stores and was loved by people because he firmly believed that failure is the mother of success.