Reflecting on difficult experiences can allow for personal growth and the development of confidence. These lessons can be extrapolated and applied to future situations.
The podcast highlights the importance of being grateful but never satisfied and how that links with the ability to think outside the box and continually test oneself.
The medieval story of the princess and the dragon is used to illustrate the concept of the functional fix - the idea that when we focus too narrowly on a problem's solution, we can become blind to potentially better or more efficient alternatives.