Monday, June 6, 2011
Bounce Back after Experiencing a Failure
Whether it’s in your personal life or professional life, failure is inevitable. What happens to you after you experience failure? Do you pick yourself and move on or wallow in pain and disappointment? The latter is usually the easier route and the route well traveled. But to experience real success and happiness in life is to pick yourself up and learn from your failures. If you have started this unhealthy pattern of wallowing in your failures, don't worry, you can change!
Here are a few tips to help you move forward when you experience failures in your life:
Feel the emotions. Don't shy away from the feelings you experience when you fail. The key is to acknowledge yet not hold on to these emotions. After experiencing the emotion, ask yourself why you felt that way.
Learn from the experience. What turned your attempt into a failure? Were you ignoring certain signs that could have changed the outcome? Is there another direction you could have taken? Reflect on what could have been the causes and see if you can change your direction the next time. Be adaptable. Keeping a journal of your experiences can be beneficial. This way you can remember the choices you made, the directions you took, and how you felt about it.
Try again...and again....and again. Thomas Edison put it nicely when he said, "I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that don't work." Don't be afraid to keep trying. No one is perfect, so stop being a perfectionist.
Remember you are not the only one. Every person on earth has experience failure. In order to be successful, you must fail. Even some of the most famous and successful people have failed multiple times. Thomas Edison, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Abraham Lincoln, Vincent Van Gogh....all experienced major setbacks and failures in their careers.
Failure can lead you to success whether it helps you get to where you want to go or just helps you learn a lesson that could be of value in the future. So, don't be afraid of it, rather use it to your benefit.
Sometimes, failure can stem from simply not having enough time to pursue what you want. Simplify wants to assist busy professional families to be successful in whatever venture they choose. Contact Simplify for ideas on how to simplify your life to give you needed time to follow your dreams.
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