Congratulations.
Since you are reading this we both know that you are open to moving forward despite what may have not turned out the way you wanted in the past.
Its a fine revelation, and according to TED.com presenter Kathryn Schulz, being wrong is really just about our own view on life.
I found this in a faded photocopy on the wall at a client's office in about 1995. These precepts are translated from Japanese, hence the inappropriate but original title "Dentsu's 10 Rules of the Demon". Clearly these precepts represent guidelines we could all do well to follow. Recently I found the more accurate title "Spartan", which makes sense coming from same society as the Samurai.
In sharing these rules with you, let's also take a moment to pay our respects to Japan in their time of earthly challenge.
Today my Motorola Atrix android mobile phone rang and I answered it. Politely, the recorded voice spoke and told me it was my mobile phone provider. Since I just recently changed providers, I listened.

The voice told me who it was and to call them right away.
Any search of the Top 12 Reasons Why Businesses Fail will come up with almost the exact same list quoting Dun & Bradstreet from 1998.