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" ... As leaders, we have all experienced letdowns. How we respond to them, especially as leaders, tells a lot about our character and resilience. It’s not easy and certainly the higher you are in a leadership position the harder it may be to deal with “face loss” where we fear losing the respect of others when we fail. It can be especially challenging if it wasn’t expected. You thought you were doing a great job but received feedback that it wasn’t going as well as you thought. Or, you believed you were a “shoo-in” for that next promotion, but it went to someone else. As leaders, others watch how we respond to setbacks or failures. Do we deny them or blame others? Or do we own them and figure out how we will move forward? ... "
" ... Here are the three biggest TV letdowns from this summer. ... "
" ... If you’re like most people, you sizzle when disappointments and letdowns come at lightning speed from all angles. Pressures, obstacles, interruptions, delays, rejections and unrealized expectations can feel like pummeling bullets, and you might hit the roof before you know it. Perhaps something your manager or a coworker says or does besieges you with emotion, sending you over the edge. And after the damage is done you regret it. We now know more about why it’s difficult to control those hair-trigger reactions and the little-known secret to managing them. ... "
" ... So what does working out have to do with your career? The key to career success—even as important as your skill set—is resilience, dogged determination in the face of failure or disappointment. Tremor of truth builds muscles on the physical plane and a growth mindset on the psychological plane. Meteoric obstacles often seem too great, as if you’re pushing through relentless steel, a vein of encased ore: an impossible deadline, a heartbreaking job rejection, a lousy review, or the rumble of your own self-doubt. Sometimes the setbacks make it too hard to bounce back. The hole feels too deep, too dark, the disillusionment too wide and overwhelming. Over time rejections and disappointments nibble away at you like torture from half a million cuts. It starts to feel as if you’re bleeding to death and can’t tolerate one more slash. Statistics say you have more stamina to continue to take safety risks after a car crash than to continue after a series of psychological defeats. After repeated failure for a promotion, many employees throw in the towel to avoid more letdowns. Your attempt to bring quick relief to the misery of defeat robs you of knowing what missed opportunities lay beyond the barrier. This impulsive reaction—scientists call it the what-the-hell effect—is a way out: permission to give up. Adding insult to injury, you seek comfort in the very thing you’re trying to conquer: career failure. ... "