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Try again. It is not a cliché. If you have a dream of achieving something and you are willing to develop your competencies for it, try again. Try, try again is a real thing.
On developing competencies, you may like to refer: http://shyam-bhatawdekar.blogspot.com/ or http://competency-matrix.blogspot.com/ or http://knol.google.com/k/shyam-bhatawdekar/competency-matrix/6txz9nck6g3/4#