Navigating the Feelings of Failure

“There are no failures in life, only learning opportunities.” “It’s only a failure if you don’t learn from it.” Phrases like this are designed to promote a lifelong learning mindset, but it can be incredibly difficult to separate the feelings of failure after something goes wrong from the need to learn from a failure, grow, and move on. I know from personal experience that I can get really stuck when I haven’t lived up to expectations, have failed to deliver on a commitment, or have had a project go completely sideways. It’s almost always these feelings of being a failure that lead me to spin unconstructively.

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