Growth only comes from being uncomfortable and from the true assessment of weakness and bad decision making.

What about when you succeed at whatever you attempt and get only better at it? Only comes from being uncomfortable and from the "true" assessment of weakness and bad decision making?
Value judgements of truth and bad aside, growth happens in a multitude of directions, simultaneously.

I think a huge part of learning the intrinsic lessons that are build into every failure, is to learn to overrule, veto and banish the uncomfortable emotions, while keeping a great log book stashed away that you can access at will.

Is very contrary to

face the pressures, fears, decisions.

Escapism or not?

Henry Ford said, "If you think you can do a thing or you think you can't do a thing, you're right."

Or you're surprised. Thinking you can do a thing, is akin to the Positive Thinking fallacy, just think positive thoughts and you can expect positive outcomes.

Why not believe we can, embolden ourself toward the target and have faith that the resources, connections and whatever else are needed along the way will manifest themselves at the right time.

Its a great outlook, but you're relying on the magical thinking of "along the way will manifest themselves at the right time."

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

Maybe he was wrong, can we entertain that for a second?
Some failures will debilitate us beyond repair.

As Thomas Edison famously said after finally achieving the incandescent light bulb, "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." A little genius goes a long way! It could be hidden in one simple idea.

And he said other things, and did other things on top of that, many which are neither noble or noteworthy, so why this one?

Hill said, "There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it."

One must posses luck to win, and a lucky son of a gun can win regardless of vision.