Success: Is it all rainbows?

This is a question and answer thread of mine from LinkedIn.com - I thought it was very interesting... it is backward like an email:

Hello Sudarshan,

What would success be with out failure. When people think about success they think about what the person had to do to become successful. What did they have to learn. What did they have to accomplish to become successful. The positive is that the person became successful and that they didn't quit before that happend. That would be a shame. The rainbow comes after the rain. The fact that the person went out and was able to succeed or fail is a success by itself don't you think? Doing nothing is failure, and you never hear about those people.

Bret

On 10/7/08 9:04 AM, Sudarshan Balakrishnan wrote:
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Bret

Thank you for the reply. Any kindle your brain a bit - please provide me an answer that would be positive. Failure / hurdles / mistake is not the focus of the question. Frank's answer was a close one. Cant we talk of success without talking failure / mistake / hurdle - think and reply once again.

If you wish to connect, feel free to invite me at SudarshanBalakrishnan@in.com

regards..

On 10/7/08 7:59 AM, BRET WADE (thewadeteam@gmail.com) wrote:
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I don’t know of any. For that matter if any one claims to have never maid a mistake then they have never done any thing. We learn how to do things right by doing things wrong. I would normally choose to learn by others blunders but it doesn’t turn out that way most times. I have 2 kids, 18 and 11. I try to tell them about some mistakes I’ve made hoping that they don’t make the same ones but I think they would much rather find out for them selves.

Question Details:
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Do you know of any leader who was always successful right from the start to end?