"What do you pack to pursue a dream and what do you leave behind?" ~Sandra Sharpe

The experience of learning something new includes success, failure, phases of minimal progress and no progress at all. The success part is great. Unfortunately, failures and lack of fast progress often throw people for a loop.

Many people believe that they have to quickly become perfect in anything they do to be viewed as worthy and successful. If your ultimate goal swings toward perfection, little room is left for failure as you walk along the learning path. If you can't tolerate failure, one solution is to simply quit so you won