failure is inevitable
What You Do Next Matters Most
A LIFE OF LESSONS
For decades, Glen Tourville measured success in ways familiar to anyone who has chased a goal—wins, championships, opportunities, recognition, and achievement.
Somewhere along the way, the meaning of success began to change.
The most important lessons weren't always found in the victories.
They were found in losing. Starting over. Being humbled. Showing up. Keeping your word. Treating people well. And discovering that an ending isn't always a failure.
At 64, Glen experienced that lesson himself when one chapter of his professional life ended and an entirely unexpected one began.
That experience helped bring this book to life.
FAILURE IS INEVITABLE
What you Do Next Matters Most
This isn't a book about avoiding failure.
That's impossible.
It's about what happens afterward.
Through stories drawn from more than three decades of coaching, leadership, family, relationships, and life, Glen explores the moments that shaped the way he thinks about success and failure.
Not because he has all the answers.
But because a lifetime of getting some things right—and plenty of things wrong—can teach you something worth sharing.
Your score is information. It isn't your identity.
ONE THOUGHT MAY BE ENOUGH
A book doesn't have to change your entire life to matter.
Sometimes one story stays with you.
One idea changes the way you look at a problem.
One sentence arrives exactly when you need it.
If FAILURE IS INEVITABLE gives you one or two thoughts that help you respond differently the next time life doesn't go according to plan, then perhaps these stories have done their job.
a few chapters from THE BOOK
YOU’RE NOT BEHIND
THE POWER OF SHOWING UP
RESILIENCE IS A CHOICE
SUCCESS ISN’T ALWAYS LOUD
CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES
DEALING WITH THE IDENTITY CRISIS
AN ENDING IS NOT ALWAYS A FAILURE
WHAT IS ENOUGH?Glen Tourville spent more than 35 years coaching, teaching, and leading. His journey took him from college athletics to coaching at multiple levels of the game and ultimately to one of the biggest stages in collegiate soccer.
Then life changed.
At 64, Glen began again in an entirely different profession.
Today, he writes about what those experiences taught him about failure, success, leadership, relationships, identity, and the importance of continuing to move forward.
