If at first you don't succeed ...

http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/famous_failures

Most of the world's most creative talents first learned to deal with failure.

Interesting link

My thesis is almost complete, but I still keep finding more to read. Thought this raised a few good points about innovators:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericaswallow/2012/04/25/creating-innovators/