Not every creative project will be a raving success.

In fact, several will fail along the way.

Shawn Levy has been a prolific director since the late 90s.

If you haven't heard of Shawn, you may have heard of some of his work. Little projects like:

• Night at the Museum

• Free Guy

• The Adam Project

• Stranger Things

In 2014, Shawn released a film he had been eager to make for years. It was a film about loss and family about the book of the same name — "This is Where I Leave You."

With a stacked cast—Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn (to name a few)—the film seemed like a homerun on paper. But the box office numbers came back far lower than expected.

Soon after, Shawn was scheduled to be on a panel with the film's lead, Jason Bateman. Disappointed by the film's performance, Shawn was feeling low.

But then Jason told Shawn, "We made someone's favorite movie."

Had the movie failed in one way? Yes.

But did it have the potential for success in many others? Also Yes.

This one idea helped Shawn move past the numbers and go on to produce and direct some of the most popular movie and television properties of the last several years.

When we make something creatively, we need to let that thing out into the world and see what happens.

Release it and move on.

Even if it doesn't set the world on fire, you can learn from the experience and keep moving.

Make someone's favorite design.

Make someone's favorite art.

Make someone's favorite building.

Make someone's favorite movie.