Failure isn’t the end—it’s often the beginning. Ben Walters shares how finishing last in a high school race taught him life-long lessons about resilience, growth, and the surprising ways failure fuels future success.

If you’ve ever struggled with setbacks or felt humbled by a bigger challenge, this story will remind you why failure isn’t something to hide—it’s the foundation of your next breakthrough.

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Chapters

00:00 – Facing the uncomfortable truth about failure

01:00 – Junior high struggles: from sports cuts to band rejections

03:40 – Finding a new path in cross country

07:00 – The humbling 300th place finish

10:30 – Lessons learned: past success doesn’t guarantee the future

12:20 – Big fish, bigger pond: learning from tougher competition

14:40 – Why failure propels us closer to success

16:40 – The Letterman jacket moment: pride born from persistence

17:50 – Encouragement: go fail forward this season

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