Many people think that "failure is the mother of success". Throughout the growth process of many successful people, there are always many difficulties and bumps. But is failure necessarily the mother of success? I do not think this is necessarily the case. First of all, failure may make people lose confidence and it is difficult to stand up again. Indeed, many people can face failure and bear setbacks, but we can't deny that it is difficult for quite a few people to treat success or failure with a calm heart. Moreover, people are not strong enough by nature, and there are always some people who lose the possibility of future success because of the experience of failure. Losers, such as Xiang Yu, chose to throw themselves into the river instead of crossing it. It is difficult for us to predict whether he can rally after crossing the river, but we can see that the failure of the Battle of Gaixia has dealt a great blow to him-he is no longer the overlord of heroism, he has been completely defeated by failure, and he can only sigh, "What can I do without delay?" In fact, what really promotes success is not failure itself, but a careful analysis and summary of failure. In a sense, a correct understanding of failure is a success. Whitman failed. When his Leaves of Grass sold only one copy in three weeks, we could foresee his sadness. But he was not defeated by failure, and he never gave up his persistent pursuit of poetry for a moment. From the first edition of Twelve Poems to the last edition, after decades of revision and improvement, his Leaves of Grass has finally become an evergreen leaf of grass in the poetry circle. We can't find a man who succeeded by countless failures. Edison failed countless times when he invented the light bulb, but he said, "I found thousands of materials that are not suitable for cooperative filaments." What kind of wisdom is this to treat failure! People who want to succeed should have the tolerance of not being discouraged when they fail, but we should learn to avoid failure. Only by working tirelessly on mechanics and constantly improving yourself can we succeed. Failure is just a means, and we say it is not the smartest means. What we should do is to learn from the lessons and experiences of our predecessors and avoid taking unnecessary detours on the road to success. Newton said, "If I see farther than others, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants." Kepler's success is based on the work of his teacher Tycho, and Mendeleev's periodic table is the crystallization of a large number of data known by predecessors. Every leap in society now is the development and perfection of the achievements of the previous generation. I don't deny that failure can be the mother of success, but I want to say: improving yourself and perfecting your personality is the real mother of success!