I have to disagree with the formulation of your advice. I totally agree that you should give yourself permission to fail, but I think it's important that this i

I have to disagree with the formulation of your advice. I totally agree that you should give yourself permission to fail, but I think it's important that this is only in the short term. In the long term, you can never give up (this does not mean that you shouldn't be flexible and pivot). As PG says, "If you can just avoid dying, you get rich." (http://paulgraham.com/die.html http://paulgraham.com/die.html)