If you have a lemon, make lemonade.

Last friday I went to the club wearing a new white Hillfiger-shirt I had bought that day. Some drunk moron bumped into me and I spilled my red whine over my shirt. The big stain made me feel selfconcious and I was thinking, how can I pickup chicks when I have a big red stain on my shirt?!
But then I remembered the saying: 'If you have a lemon, make lemonade.'

I decided to use the stain to my advantage. So instead of feeling down because my shirt was ruined, for the remainder of the evening I used my shirt as an opener:

'Hey guys, I need some female advice. Some drunk guy just bumped into me and spilled red whine over my shirt. Do you think I will be able to get my shirt clean again?'

In the end I got the stain out of my shirt after putting some bleach on it, but this opener worked so well I'm considering wearing a stained shirt on purpose the next time I go out!

As you can see, you can turn every negative experience around and have it work in your advantage.