* "The truth is, everything that has happened in my life...that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better," Mr. Buffett says *

* "The truth is, everything that has happened in my life...that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better," Mr. Buffett says * I hear such things a lot ('whatever happens is for better', etc.), and in fact - agree. but it's really hard to accept a failure/rejection as a lesson or a bad-tasting-medicine at the time it happens to you... but I guess knowing this at the very least gives motivation and helps one to remain more 'determined' http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html (especially in the long run where your chances of giving up are pretty high)