Life can be hard for smart people, and if you're dumb, life is nearly impossible to navigate without stepping in the proverbial rake. 

Here are examples of people who failed successfully, that is to say, they performed so poorly that they achieved a new, never-before-conceived third option that defies our notions of "wins and fails." 

 Take this headline and the photo associated with it. Or this oversized load that I promise isn't a behind-the-scenes pic from the new Final Destination.

So let the fails of others give you the gas you need to climb the Thursday hill.