Failure is not final, it’s only feedback Failure is inevitable. Even when one has had consecutive successes throughout their life, there will come a time when a certain strategy fails and plans backfire. Success is never guaranteed. As a leader, your team will look to you for support, and stability. A leader must be the epitome of resilience, encouraging others to rise from the ashes of disaster, and soar like a phoenix. However, the phoenix must have both wings to fly, and if you are encouraging others to remain optimistic, you must have an inherent supply of positivity yourself. A one-winged bird cannot remain airborne. Here is how you can cultivate resilience, and always bounce back from failure: 1. Separate Yourself from the Failure Don’t internalize the feeling, it was the plan or project that failed, not you. Once you learn to separate your identity and self-esteem from the situation, you will find that it is much easier to bounce back. Detach your ego from the project; you cannot let the failure affect you in a way that causes you to shrink away from challenges later on. Leaders tend to blame themselves, but instead of wallowing in self-pity, you ought to display fortitude and strength. This project may have failed, but have enough faith in your ideas to know that the next one will not. 2. Take an Analytical Approach When you look at the failed situation analytically, you start to see it from another perspective, and in the process, alleviate feelings of frustration and regret. This will help you study the situation and indeed, learn from it. Once you have garnered enough information, you are ready to apply and incorporate the newfound insight into the next project you initiate. Broaden your mind, and use cool logic to approach any inconvenience, this will always ensure that emotion and reason are kept apart, allowing you to rationally work out a solution. 3. View Failure as Feedback Instead of fearing failure, relish it. Understand that failed projects are signposts, guiding you along the right way. Until the incorrect method is pointed out and separated, one cannot determine what the correct method is. Failure is never final, it is simply feedback, helping you recognize where you had erred, and teaching you to reconcile your past mistakes. Good leaders are indefatigable and a small dose of failure can never keep them from moving ahead with speed, precision, and clarity. Learn from your mistake, and adapt to new experiences. You stand out because of your ability to move past minor setbacks, and because you are able to see failure for what it really is: an enabler, a motivator and a teacher. You are already aware of this, it dwells in your sub-conscious, but you must draw out and hone the ability to adapt and grow, and only then can you truly rise above. Simon T. Bailey, Leadership Imagineer and author of Shift Your Brilliance. Experience 7 Days to Brilliance at shiftyourbrilliance Its’ free, fun, and fast.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:28:53 +0000
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