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“Life is a constant series of lessons, Dain Alloway, and they are often wrought through failure. Inevitably, leaders will have the lion’s share of it—I, above all, should know. The most important thing is not how you feel about those failures, but what you do with them afterward. Failure has a way of preparing us for victory.”

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The Maiden Ship

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