Fred Harteis has always tacked problems as opportunities to stretch yourself.

His famous statement "Failure is Your Best Friend" is just an example of how he looks at what many people see as reasons for defeat. Fred Harteis of Harteis International sees failure as his friend, somthing to learn from, something to grow from, not a reason to lay down and have a woe is me mentality.

Failure is just an opportunity to learn from your mistakes

Let's see how other great leaders view this subject.

"Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis, we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous."
- Harvey G. Cox

"Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them."
- Laurence J. Peter

"Again and again, the impossible decision is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made."
- Dr. Robert Schuller