We all know failures are demoralizing, but what we don’t realize is they constitute a form of psychological injury in that they literally distort our perceptions—and thus set us up to fail again. There are three primary ways in which this happens: 1) Failure distorts our perceptions of our abilities such that we feel less up to the task or less capable of reaching a goal than we actually are. 2) Failure distorts our perception of the goal itself such that it seems further out of reach. 3) Failure makes us believe that whether we succeed or not is out of our control. Taken together, we are likely to feel hopeless and stuck, which is why so many of us give up after a failure, or perform poorly if we do or must persist.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 02:45:10 +0000
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