How to Deal with Failure or Disappointment Checklist

download1.) Three tips for surviving failure and learning to fail forward. 

  • Learn from mistakes
  • Let go of what didn’t work
  • Don’t beat yourself up!

2.) Reframe negative situations. Use the following example to help you reframe your own negative situations & write some below. 

  • A client emails you with corrections for a project you turned in the day before:
    • Negative self talk: oh no – she must think I’m an idiot.
    • Positive self talk: Great, I can fix these up and get them back to her in no time.
**Now, stop here and take out your notebook. Try to write down an example of something negative here and reframe it.

3.) Don’t get too attached to the original expected outcome of something by practicing:

  • Acceptance
  • Being present
  • Gratitude
  • Questioning yourself & why you’re attached to the outcome