Failure is the hardest thing for any of us to encounter. Ego takes a hit, so does our self-esteem, and self-confidence. We also feel several deep rooted emotions like guilt, shame, and regret, that make coping from failure even harder.
Today we are going to explore failure and how we can reflect and recover from experiencing a failure.
Failure is subjective. We each have our definitions of what failures are given our expectations from our situations and our past experiences and conditioning. But one thing is common, no one enjoys experiencing failure, especially one in the eyes of the public.
We start blaming ourselves, or others for our perils and find ways to remain in this feeling of failure. We allow emotions like guilt “I should/shouldnt have done this” or worse shame “I’m a horrible person or how can I be so so stupid” and stay stuck in these negative emotions.
But failure is not really the end of the world as we know it. A life without failures is not really a life at all. That means we stayed within our comfort zones and never had the courage to try something new. So if you’ve experienced failure, pat yourself in the back for your effort, and learn your lessons and move on. Here are some questions you can reflect on if you’ve recently experienced failure:
Deep dive on these aspects the next time you experience failure and find answers within! If you’d like more 1:1 support with me as your Coach, reach out to me for a 30 min discovery session and let’s explore if self-awareness coaching can help you look inwards, assimilate your learnings and rebuild an even more resilient future yourself.