Dealing With Setbacks

We would all love to have all of our ideas garner the results we want, but that simply does not happen. So, when things go wrong, how do you deal with the setback, the disappointment, and the adversity? One thing effective leaders do is give him/herself permission to fail. Be ready for the fall because you know it is coming, you just don’t know when. 

Image result for dealing with setbacksAny person who has accomplished anything in life has failed multiple times. Dr. Seuss failed twenty seven times before his hit book; “The Cat in the Hat” was accepted. What would have happened if he had stopped at the tenth, twentieth, or twenty- fifth failures? It is always those things that we cannot anticipate that knock us down the hardest.  When leaders fall, the greatest mistake they make is to hurry and try to get up again, to try to get back on top, to get back to where hey were. When you fall down, stay there a minute, catch your breath, and think. 

Ask yourself some important questions:
  1. What could I have done to prevent this fall?
  2. What processes can I put in place not to have this happen again?
  3. What is my plan on how to get up and start this journey over again?
Effective leaders understand, it is not the fall that makes you fail, it is the not getting up again that causes you to fail. Develop a plan, get back up, activate your plan and understand that life is a marathon not a sprint.

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