Give Yourself an Emotional Deadline to Bounce Back From Failure
All are defeated. At some point in your life, you are about to do something that is not right for you. You can get past that , but it can help give yourself a period of time when you need to move on.
Emotional recovery cannot always be rushed. However, not every failure takes a lifetime to overcome. Most of the time, the best thing to do is feel a little bad, analyze what you could do better next time, and move on. Giving yourself a period of time to deal with it – an hour, a day, a week, whichever comes close to the mistake – can make you confront it and also appreciate how (or little) it matters. As the Entrepreneur Business Blog explains:
The most important step in overcoming adversity and negative feelings is not to wallow. Instead, set a deadline for accepting what happened, at least emotionally. This stage of emotional acceptance is as critical as the deadline. This stage is determined by the amount of time it takes for you to accept your new reality. You will need to set a deadline to get through this period.
If you screw up so badly that you lose millions of dollars to your company, it’s okay to feel bad for a little longer than most others. But if you flopped your weekly presentation or missed your sales goals, don’t let that undermine your confidence. Give yourself a reasonable period of sadness, and when it’s over, move on.
You have tried and failed. Here’s how to bounce. | Businessman