Failed To Achieve A Goal? Get Back Up And Learn From It We tend to think of failure as something shameful, undesirable. Understandably, failing to achieve it often cause negative feelings, no matter how big or small the goal was. And the only way to overcome those feelings is by changing the way we understand failure - it is part of the process of success and leaves valuable lessons if we know how to learn from it.
Three ways to redefine failure and learn from it effectively. Don't be afraid to make mistakes - Learning from your mistakes is about more than just thinking about what went wrong. The first step towards using failure as a tool for success is to stop seeing mistakes as shameful. Think about it - a mistake is not just a natural part of embarking on a new project; it is also part of the human experience. As such, they should be accepted as a necessary step towards achieving your goals. In her article "Strategies for Learning from Failure", Amy C. Edmondson classifies mistakes in three categories: Preventable These are the mistakes we often think of as bad. They result from lack of focus or attention to the procedures needed to achieve the goal.