How to Overcome Failure in Six Powerful Steps

How to Overcome Failure in Six Powerful Steps

How to Overcome Failure in Six Powerful Steps

“Most of us don’t want to learn about failure because we don’t want to fail.

But we all do.

And that’s okay, because failure is an essential part of any business. If you’ve never failed then you’ve probably stayed in your comfort zone. And the fact you’re holding back means you’ll never know just how successful you can be.

Your Emotional Response to Failure

Six Steps to Overcoming Failure

Step #1: Separate Your Failure from Your Identity

Step #2: Don’t Face it Alone

Step #3: Be Transparent

Step #4: Learn From It

Step #5: Keep Moving

Step #6: Look for the Positive Side

As you face failure, try to:

1. Separate the failure from your identity and self-worth
2. Turn to family, friends, fellow bloggers and professionals to help you get through it
3. Be transparent and honest about the failure and its effect on those around you
4. Learn from what happened so you can avoid making the same mistake again
5. Keep moving and keep up your momentum: get back on that bike
6. Look for any sparks of opportunity or anything good that can come out of your failure”

Stephen