The threat of immediate collapse faded. The impossible dream was alive again. Around the same period, Tesla secured critical funding that helped it survive its own crisis. The company wasn't safe yet. Far from it. But it was alive. And survival was enough. Because survival creates possibility. Possibility creates momentum. Momentum creates transformation. Everything began changing. Tesla continued improving its vehicles. SpaceX continued refining its rockets. Both companies faced countless obstacles over the following years. But they had crossed the most dangerous phase. The phase where failure seemed unavoidable. And that's what makes this story so powerful. The biggest failure wasn't the failed rockets. It wasn't the financial crisis. It wasn't the negative headlines. It wasn't the near bankruptcy. The real failure would have been giving up. Because failure itself wasn't the enemy. Quitting was. Most people think successful individuals avoid failure. The opposite is often true. They encounter failure repeatedly.