Take it in your stride

The life skill of taking things in your stride and learning from failure is much under-rated; Bryony Gordon agrees in this amusing but pertinent article

On the other hand, success often breeds success.

I suppose, to be a happy person, you have to be able to deal with both without either tilting the balance for more than a short time.

I'd certainly say that I've learned more through my mistakes than otherwise. To me, it feels as if successes are things you leave behind you, whereas failures travel alongside and remind you of useful things (such as what are your inner strengths) which help you along the way. Have other people found this too?