"Embrace failure as the brain's rewiring signal Neuroscience shows that "discomfort is the key to unlocking our brain's potential" because the brain has a remarkable capacity for neuroplasticity — the ability to rewire itself in response to new challenges. When we introduce deliberate change and fail, that failure "releases a powerful cocktail of neurochemicals that signal to the brain, hey, something's not working — I have to rewire things in order to get them right next time." This means failure during voluntary change is not evidence that you made the wrong choice; it is the biological mechanism through which growth actually occurs. Understanding this reframes the discomfort of learning something new from a warning sign into confirmation that the process is working. Source: Maya Shankar, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Life Takes a Turn"