How well do you handle failure?

Sadness, failure, tears, depression - Body language says a lot about how one feels.
Taiwan
April 10, 2007 9:12am CST
A lot of successful business people says that failure is part or necessary steps to success. But, they failed to tell everyone how they felt from the time they failed to the time they got back on their feet. Did they say "Oh, I failed, I'm not worried..."? I'm just curious. How well do you handle failure?
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@obang1483 (250)
• Philippines
11 Apr 07
Most of the time... I have thoughts of... Oops... I failed... I su*ked!!! and would never try recovering till I find and think what's wrong on what I've done. after I thought about my mistakes... I would get up double the confidence because I've learn from my mistake and if ever I fail again... I'll just think of my wrongs again and that's about it... just goes around.
• Taiwan
11 Apr 07
I guess you're the type of person that doesn't give up easily, and that is good. But, I hope you succeed after one lesson.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
11 Apr 07
I usally get mad at first at myself then I stop and pray to God.
• Taiwan
11 Apr 07
Praying. That is something that I haven't done in awhile. Your right. It helps. Answers were always provided when I pray.
@cikedo (3483)
• United States
12 Jul 07
I hate failing. It's a real kick to the ego. For me, failure is one of the worse things since it's completely my fault. The fact that I'm not able to do enough to not fail makes me feel useless.
@tonyxxx (693)
• India
10 Apr 07
I think failure and success are a part of life.There are very few people who have always tasted success or faliues.Instead of getting discouraged after seeing faliure we should try much harder to succeed.We should get more and more determined not to fail again. Personally whenever something bad happens to me initially I need some time to digest the failure. And then I try much harder and with much more determination.As you have mentioned we should take failures as steps which take us to success.It should be taken as a path to be successful in life.
• Taiwan
11 Apr 07
Good points. Thanks for the tip. It seems like you got failure handle. Good luck with your ventures.
• Malaysia
10 Apr 07
i think i will feel very sad at the initial stage, but then i will encourage myself to learn from the mistake so that i won't repeat my mistake again. I will tell me this is a good chance to learn. I don't know whether it is really applicable to everyone, but at least it can calm down my mood and make me feel better.
• Taiwan
11 Apr 07
It is very important to learn something from our failures, then we may improve. You're right we must calm down in order to move on. thanks.
@velkrish (43)
• India
13 Apr 07
I handled my all failures with accept from my heart with joyfully.
@velkrish (43)
• India
13 Apr 07
I handled my all failures with accept from my heart with joyfully.