> 失敗を適切に処理する **に** は、失敗の経験が役に立つ

what does に mean when it is placed after a sentence? can you give me a source
so that I can learn this usage further
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What does に in this sentence mean?
It's actually not “〜に” but “〜には”. This usage can never occur without “〜は”.

It's actually very similar in nuance to the infinitive in English, the
sentence means:

> Experience with failure is useful **to properly deal with failure**.

Other such sentences can be:

> 恋と呼ぶには気持ち悪い = It's disgusting to call this love.

> ものを買うには金が必要だ = One needs money to buy things.

It's often said to indicate a purpose, but much as with English “to” that's
not necessarily the case as one can see in the case of “恋と呼ぶには気持ち悪い”

Note that one can not use it like this:

> パソコンを買うにはここに来た != I came here to buy a p.c..

For that sentence one must use:

> パソコンを買いにここに来た

Attaching “〜に” to the continuative form of a verb. In general it's only used
for abstract, general statements of purpose, not concrete instances.

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