Rick, I understand about the success and failure philosophy. But there is one weakness in that general philosophy. The human spirit. There are many people, at different points in their lives, through different situations that have doubted themselves, felt like a failure, maybe even stopped trying for a while; but the human spirit can still rise up above the fear, hurt, frustration and STILL WIN!!! The only thing that makes success impossible? Never even trying in the first place.
I've tried 4 times in the last 2 years. The longest was for 10 days. When I received some ridicule from co-smokers, I'd just keep telling them, "I'll get it right one of these days!", and now I'm on day 33. One of my co-workers is trying to quit now, and another one has apologized for being such a twit. 🙂