Have you ever failed at a task despite your best efforts? If you’re like many of us, you may have found yourself doubting your abilities as a result of this. However, research shows that many of the factors that affect our success have little to do with our innate talents. Success has less to do with being “smart” and is more about the way that we work to cultivate a variety of different forms of intelligence. In today’s post, I’ll review some of the reasons why smart people sometimes fail, and talk about how we can use our failures as learning opportunities.