Dealing with failure is part of life. How quickly you bounce back from a failure is a measure of your personal growth and resilience.
Acknowledge that it didn't work - don't try to defend or justify. Just acknowledge and tell your truth about what happened
Acknowledge that you survived - over time you will learn that you can survive anything
Learn the lesson - keep a lessons book - things that work and don't work in business, at home and in relationships. Through the negative times in life you are still learning - if you listen to the lesson.
Clean up any messes you have created and deliver any incompletions. Acknowledge if you have messed up somebody's time and/or didn't deliver what you promised, heal your network of support particularly if you are angry with someone
Review your Successes Chart - if you aren't already you should keep a file filled with mementos of victories, thank you notes and 'atta girl/boy' memories - to put your mind in a positive framework
Re-set your goal and go after it
Keep in mind as you are dealing with failure:
You have to be willing to make mistakes in order to be hugely successful. Thomas Edison had 10,000 mistakes before he invented the light bulb!
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