The Miriam Webster dictionary defines Failure as the lack of Success, or giving up.
Here are some ways to recover from failure:
Address the cause of the failure.
Think about different actions that you could have chosen and what the consequences would be.
Ask yourself if you are making unrealistic or unreasonable expectations to obtain your goal.
Go through your plan step by step and try to discover what went wrong.
Set Realistic Goals
Set a small goal that is within your reach and whereas building confidence before moving on to a larger one.
Make an outline of what you are trying to accomplish and follow it.
Show your value and you will get noticed.
Speak with a trusted friend or colleague who can give you perspective on what you are trying to accomplish.
Practice mental contrasting.
Make a balance between realistic planning and thinking optimistically.
Imagine your goal working out just as planned. Think about the obstacles that could potentially stand in the way of success which will allow you to form a better understanding of how your goal can be achieved.
Identify opportunities that can help you succeed.
Change how you approach goals.
Reflect on your past mistakes and analyze different scenarios for approaching the situation.
Always have a back-up plan. Sometimes the most well executed plan can have unexpected surprises that lead in a different direction. . Having a plan B allows you to approach the situation with additional options.
Try again.
Learning as you go is an important process!
You are building your critical thinking skills and learning to think outside the box.
Don’t give up.
There is a Japanese proverb that says “Fall down seven times, Get up eight.” Which means your focus needs to be on the greater vision, not the reality in front of you.
Thomas Edison once said ” I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that didn’t work.
Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly. Robert F. Kennedy