2024-07-31 02:38:32
The first step to success is to abandon the path that is already certain to lead to failure
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You try again. It still does not work. You get angry, you despair, but you know you won’t stop. You will persevere. You’re not used to things not working out for you. With professionalism, hard work and perseverance, you have reached this place. You cannot fail in any of your tasks.
Great, but you have work to do before the next attempt. It can to be inspired by two thoughts of Albert Einstein.
“Insanity: doing something over and over again in the same way and expecting different results” and “We can’t solve problems by using the same way of thinking we used when we created them,” says the genius.
It probably doesn’t work out for you because somewhere you make a mistake and repeat it every time. You allowed it in the planning or execution of the task. You did not discover it after the first foul, because you did not analyze at all or did not correctly assess the facts and circumstances. The bad thing is that it happened several times, and you could not have wasted effort.
It is very unpleasant to admit a mistake, especially done more than once. But be honest with yourself. If you don’t admit it, you’re going insane, according to Einstein. The sooner you find it and recognize it, the greater the chance you will be able to fix it.
The measure is very important here. Dramatizing that you were in the wrong and trying to shift the blame to someone else is also counterproductive.. It is not excluded that the misfortunes are really due to other people or due to objective circumstances. But still, you should have shown foresight and had a plan B. Now draw your own conclusions, draw useful experience.
The next step is to assess the damage and to think as pragmatically as possible. In some cases, the error can be corrected, you can try again and with additional efforts the goal can be achieved. You have to calmly and sensibly plan what to do in the situation, how far back to go back to make corrections, what to do differently.
Many times, however, finding the fault and assessing the damage unequivocally indicate that there is no point in trying again. You are not used to giving up fights until you win. But sometimes it’s better to start over than to try to save the unsalvageable.
The first step to success is to abandon a path that is already certain to lead to failure. One should not give up easily, but it is also foolish to get busy.
Women are believed to be more inclined to occupation by men. They like to be right and find it difficult to admit failure. It is often related to the fear that the boss and colleagues will consider them unprofessional, incapable of doing the job, unworthy of the position, etc. Especially when it comes to a specialty or post considered “male” despite all the calls for equality between the two sexes.
In addition, women are more prone to self-blame, they less often accept that no one is immune to failure at work, they consider it “the end of the world”. And when it has happened, it is more important not to fret, but to quickly become pragmatic. Not to wallow in self-pity for mistakes made, but only to draw the necessary conclusions so as not to fail again, and immediately start all over again.
Specialists call this acceptance of failure. However, it is always the result of a careful analysis, as a result of which correctly classify what happened.
If you make a mistake and pessimistically consider it a failure, you will waste time and effort to completely abandon or start over something that can be fixed.
If you’re overly optimistic or prone to self-delusion and view failure as a foul, you’ll end up wasting resources on something that will ultimately prove irreparable.
Therefore, do not allow yourself to call what is happening by a false name. It is an excessive luxury to both deceive yourself and to dramatize. If you do either, then you will indeed suffer a severe setback.
A smart man does not persist when he has missed an opportunity. He’s learning his lessonsgathers strength to move forward and look for new opportunities.
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