I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.
I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.
For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing.