7 Powerful Ways To Bounce Back From Failure

Failure comes in many shapes and forms. It could be failing an exam, losing your business, not getting the promotion you were expecting or a painful marital breakup. Failure is also relative. For one person, a stern reprimand from the boss is an embarrassing failure while for another, it's just an embarrassment. In the first instance, the person would squirm with shame and frustration for days, reliving the moment over and over. The second person quickly races to fix the mistake and regain the boss's approval.

Whereas one person sees losing their job as failure, another sees it as a setback. It depends on the individual's personal "failure scale". In an ideal world, everyone would never use the word "failure" but instead, think "obstacle" or "setback." But realistically, that doesn’t happen.