{"id":985,"date":"2024-10-29T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.highheeledsuccess.com\/?p=985"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:19:14","slug":"strategies-for-coping-with-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.highheeledsuccess.com\/?p=985","title":{"rendered":"Strategies for Coping with Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Fall is not just about falling leaves.\u00a0 We are talking about the big falls in a career.\u00a0 It happens to everyone at some time in your career, you have experienced a failure.\u00a0 How you manage the situation will depend on your personality but even more importantly on what you learn to do in that situation.\u00a0 You got fired from your job, you did not get promoted, your proposal was rejected, your presentation bombed, or you received a terrible annual review \u2014 you fill in the blank.\u00a0 I rail against those that say there is no such thing as failure, it is just a word.\u00a0 Tell that to someone who has just had one of the above experiences, it really feels like failure to them!\u00a0 Even more importantly, to discount their experience compounds the problem.\u00a0 The first step in bouncing back, picking oneself up and moving forward, is to say the words \u201cI failed\u201d aloud.\u00a0 The more we try to push it down, the higher the risk.\u00a0 What is the risk?\u00a0 Labeling oneself as a failure.\u00a0 Having failed and being a failure are vastly different.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

People fail numerous times every day, which is just a part of life and a career.\u00a0 The more we try to hide our failures, the more internalized it becomes.\u00a0 I remember presenting a terrible workshop a decade ago.\u00a0 I had a two-hour drive back home afterwards.\u00a0 The more I hashed it over in my mind, the more the failure stung.\u00a0 It was not until I called a colleague on that drive back that the sting began to lessen a bit.\u00a0 I am not a mind reader, but I can predict that you will have failures in your career.\u00a0 Check out the recent cover song by Kelly Clarkson of Frank Sinatra\u2019s classic \u201cThat\u2019s Life.\u201d\u00a0 The words are, \u201cYou\u2019re riding high in April shot down in May, but I know I\u2019m gonna change that tune, when I\u2019m back on top in June.\u00a0 Each time I find myself flat on my face I pick myself up and get back in the race.\u201d\u00a0 Be ready, know the steps to take, plan now and getting back in the race will be far easier.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n