The document provides eight tips for getting out of a slump after failure or missing a goal. The tips are: redefine failure and view it as learning; acknowledge setbacks and take responsibility rather than blame others; allow yourself to feel disappointment briefly before moving on; learn from past experiences; change behaviors that led to failure; focus on solutions rather than faults; learn from history to avoid repeating mistakes; and fully commit to new projects or goals. Successful people like Thomas Edison and Abraham Lincoln are used as examples of learning from failures and setbacks.

1. How To Get Out Of A Slump
Eight tips to get on a streak
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2. ∗ If you know exactly what you expect to accomplish and
believe it is possible... how many times are you willing to
fail in attempting to achieve your expected outcome?"
When chasing dreams, fail often and do it as fast as you
possibly can. Your expected outcome is what you achieve
after you're willing to learn from failure. Because failure is
nothing more than feedback, outcome and results. Change
what failure means in your life and your life will change.
∗ How do you define failure?
Redefine failure.
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3. ∗ Thomas Edison discovered 1,000 ways NOT to make a light bulb. When
asked by a reporter, “How did it feel to fail 1,000 times?” Edison replied, “I
didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.”
∗ As a young man, Abraham Lincoln went to war a captain and returned a
private. Afterwards, he was considered a failure as a businessman. As a
lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a
success. He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the
legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress,
defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office,
defeated in the senatorial election of 1854, defeated in his efforts for the
vice-presidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial election of 1858. At
about that time, he wrote in a letter to a friend, "I am now the most
miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole
human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth."
∗ What perspective do you choose when you miss your mark?
Perspective is a choice.
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4. ∗ This is where it begins. “Missing the mark” is natural if
you are striving to deliver big results. Problems arise
when you refuse to acknowledge a setback.
∗ Once you acknowledge missing expected outcomes,
you take away the negative power of “failure.” You
can then begin to turn it into something positive.
∗ What are some ways you can acknowledge missing
your expected outcome?
Acknowledge missing the expected
outcome.
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5. ∗ You won’t get anywhere as long as you blame others for
missing the mark. As long as the responsibility is external
—outside of you—you are a victim. Why? Because you
can’t control others. You can only control yourself.
∗ But when you take responsibility and become fully
accountable for it, you take back control. Suddenly you
realize that you could have done things differently. You
open the door to possibility—and to creating a different
outcome in the future. But this can only happen when you
OWN the let down.
∗ Do you tend to OWN let downs or look for scapegoats?
Take full responsibility.
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6. ∗ Disappointment stings. It hurts—sometimes deeply.
Many times there are very real and serious losses.
Often times there is collateral damage. Other people
are hurt… sometimes, innocent people. Take time to
feel “down” but make sure you assign a specific,
measurable, deadline to this time period and then you
must shake it off, intentionally and move on.
∗ How long do you typically allow yourself to be in the
“doldrums” before you bounce back?
Mourn the loss.
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7. ∗ Consider this “event” as a moment of redemption if you
learn something from it. It doesn’t have to be career-
ending. In fact, it can be career-building—if you take the
time to wring all the juice out of the orange.
∗ Instead of asking yourself, “What went wrong?” Ask,
“What was missing?” This will prevent you from placing
blame and instead focus your mind on possible solutions.
∗ What was missing in your last “Let-Down?”
Learn from the experience.
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8. ∗ George Santayana, a philosopher, said, “Those who cannot
learn from history are destined to repeat it.” And we really
haven’t learned anything until it affects our behavior.
∗ If we keep doing the same things that led to missing the
goal, we are destined to get more of the same setback. We
have to be willing to change. And it really does start with
us. This is the one thing we have control over.
∗ What behavior will you change, beginning right now in
order to become a person that overcomes difficulties and
pursues success?
Change your behavior.
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9. ∗ In life we get what we focus on… if you focus too
long on missing your mark and all the disappointment
that accompanies that, you will perpetuate that
outcome in your life. If you want to succeed and get
out of the slump, you MUST, MUST, MUST get back
up and start running in a new direction.
∗ Start something new today… what is it going to be?
Enter whole-heartedly into the next
project.
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10. ∗ In life we get what we focus on… if you focus too
long on missing your mark and all the disappointment
that accompanies that, you will perpetuate that
outcome in your life. If you want to succeed and get
out of the slump, you MUST, MUST, MUST get back
up and start running in a new direction.
∗ Start something new today… what is it going to be?
Enter whole-heartedly into the next
project.
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