The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Joyce Brothers frames success not as a straight ascent but as a process in which setbacks are structurally normal. The quote argues for a deliberate mental reframe: if you are “interested in success,” you must treat failure as information and conditioning rather than as a verdict on your worth or prospects. Calling failure “healthy” suggests it can build resilience, clarify goals, and expose weak strategies; calling it “inevitable” removes the stigma of surprise or shame. The emphasis is practical and psychological: progress depends less on avoiding mistakes than on integrating them into a long-term climb toward mastery or achievement.