Walt Disney knew a thing or two about setbacks. Even he faced business failures, rejections, and financial struggles before building his animation and amusement park empires. But the entertainment mogul preferred to reframe failure as an unexpected opportunity, knowing that closed windows often redirect us to open doors. Of course, it should come as little surprise that Disney took life’s knocks on the chin: As an eternal optimist, he saw disappointment as a stepping stone on the journey to success.