How many young girls want to be ballerinas when they grow up? And yet what percentage have what it takes? Body type, looks, charisma, intelligence, drive, focus, commitment, courage, passion for training, time, financial support, luck to remain injury free, contacts… The road to success for the professional dancer is literally strewn with failures. It's the same with our work. The chances of any of us having the complete package is pretty slim, and so we just have to plug on with what we have. Humility is really just the courage to be realistic and face the inevitability of failure with dignity and humour, with an equipoise of gravity and levity.