“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~ Thomas Edison I still get anxious when going to parent-teacher conferences for my boys. When I was a kid and my parents would come home with that “look” in their eye, I knew just what was coming: the cringe-inducing “but” sandwich statement. They would praise me for trying and getting good grades, but I didn’t take school seriously enough. As a social person, I always received a big fat “NI” next to the repor