Put Your Failure Into Context

Start by asking yourself: What did I set out to do? What happened? (This question isn’t about focusing on how you “screwed up,” Dr. Edmondson said. It’s about dispassionately examining the facts.) Is it possible to make amends or course, correct? Exploring these questions, or even journaling about each one, can keep you from panicking, or blowing your failure out of proportion, she said. Learn how to pivot. Rather than wallowing in shame after a setback, focus instead on what you can do to move on or change direction….Measure your success on progress and learning. “A failure is an end, but a pivot looks forward rather than backward,” she said. “It’s about possibility.”

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…

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  1. I have commented (complained?) lately about how many of my “God stories” begin with a blunder on my part, and end with how God brought about something good – often better than what I had planned – out of it. If I didn’t have this “divine perspective” – knowing my life is and always will be in His hands – I would be in a constant state of self-condemnation. Thank God for His grace!

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