The difference between intelligence and education is this: intelligence will make you a good living. — Charles F. Kettering. American inventor, engineer and businessman (1876–1958)
Every great improvement has come after repeated failure. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are the posts on the road to achievement.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.