As a child of immigrants, I was brought up to avoid failure at all costs. This workshop introduces students to the idea of intelligent failure through their academic journey. Although all different types of failure are often grouped together as mostly negative experiences in our lives, some failures can be more helpful in identifying aptitudes or preferences that can guide a career path with greater certainty than successes. This session will focus on my own academic and career journey, viewed through the lens of my personal missteps and disappointments that led me to where I am today, and aims to help students de-stigmatize failure and learn to fail intelligently.