Setbacks and Failures

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Even the most successful of people have to face setbacks and failures at some point. Failures and setbacks are a huge part of achieving success, even if they are the complete opposite of what you are working towards. But, it is how you deal with these situations that really matters.

Those who achieve success and meet their goals over and over again tend to constantly face setbacks head on and deal with failures in a positive manner. 

Rather than failing once and giving up, successful people keep on trying, persevering and not allowing downfalls to get the better of them. Fall down six times, get up seven. 

 Always a Lesson

 You may have heard the saying – ‘never a failure, always a lesson’. This is the mantra of successful people, the motto that almost everybody who constantly experiences a high level of success lives by. And, it’s true – believing and accepting that you have ‘failed’ and allowing setbacks to get the better of you is a sure fire way to never achieve your goals for success. Instead, ‘failure’ should not be an option.

Even if things do not go as planned, take every setback as a learning curve, try again, and use the experience and knowledge that you now have to make better decisions and put different strategies for success in place.

Learning from Mistakes

 It’s not about the mistakes that you make; it’s what you do after them that really counts. Everybody makes mistakes; it’s an unwavering part of being human. 

Some mistakes don’t have much impact – for example pouring the wrong drink or buying the wrong item in a grocery store, whilst others can have massive negative consequences for you. But, all mistakes are educational.

Rather than letting the mistakes that you make guide your decisions – they will simply lead you to giving up – allow them to teach you how to make better decisions. 

Once you’ve made a mistake, learning from it allows you to better understand where you went wrong with the choices that you made, and what to avoid doing in the future.

Turning the Negative into Positive 

No matter how huge a blunder you have made, it can always be turned into a positive thing. Yes, some mistakes may cost you – perhaps you are trying to achieve a large savings goal and have made a big investment that went wrong – but they do not have to cost you your success.

In fact, overcoming your mistakes and still achieving your goals at the end of it all can make you feel even more successful and do wonders for your self-esteem. 

Managing Your Emotions  

When you make a mistake, especially one which has huge consequences for you, it’s natural to feel a whole range of emotions. Some people may respond with panic, others get upset, and certain people may numb themselves to any emotion, trying to forget what has happened.

Whilst all of these experiences are completely normal, they are also negative and do not help you on your overall journey to success. So, allow yourself a short period of time to feel whichever emotions that you need to, take a deep breath, and encourage yourself to find some positives.

Although it may be difficult at first, it’s definitely possible to find positive factors in a mistake. 

Even if it’s just ‘don’t do (whatever you did that caused the outcome) again, you’ve learned something from it. Taking the time to sit and jot down anything that you have learned and any positive facts that you can take from the mistake that you have made is an essential step to overcoming a setback and continuing on the path towards your goal of success.