Despite people telling her that she was too young and inexperienced to be an executive coach, she and her business, Aspire, both thrived. Collins says, “I highly recommend losing at least one job in your life because it gives you awareness and an aliveness you don’t get when you have the same job for life.” [15] Today, when Collins encounters failure, she puts it in a long-term perspective: if she is persistent and tries to learn from her mistakes, she believes, then her work will eventually pay off.