Handling Disappointment in Business and in Life
Posted Apr 10, 2020 01:23 PM
Handling Disappointment in Business and in Life
Disappointments are inevitable, in every aspect of life. Be it business, social expectations, cooking aspirations, and or sexual frustrations, there will always be something to get us down. It may be an obstacle that prevents us from reaching a goal, or it could be a stupid accident that we’ve caused that taints a moment or day. Nine times out of ten, we figure that we are to blame and that there was some way to avoid it happening. Some way to avoid the disappointment.But, how can we handle disappointment? There’s a few ways to do it, and some are better than others. You can view a disappointment as a learning opportunity, a way to better yourself by using it as an example of how not to do things and how not to behave. You could view it as a blip in your life, a moment of foolishness or regret, that you’ll just never look back on because it causes too much pain or embarrassment. Or, and this is the best way, you can view it as the actions of an enemy, and that enemy is disappointment itself.
If you can view disappointment as an almost sentient force which is actively trying to get you down, get in your way, and make you feel bad, you can start to visualize ways to defeat your enemy and prevent it from doing what it wants to do. When you mess up a first date, or a job interview, it’s not you failing, it’s disappointment winning. You don’t want to lose out to someone who hates you like an enemy does, and this can be your motivation for making sure that they never do. Think about how you can better yourself by reducing failure, by being prepared more, by learning new and useful skills that will benefit you in your daily personal and professional life.
Think of someone you really dislike, and use their face as the face of disappointment. You don’t want to see that person smile out of pleasure due to you losing out or messing up, so don’t give them that opportunity. Don’t allow them to get you down and influence the way you feel and the way you perceive things. Try it, see how much it’ll shape your perceptions and interpretations of past regrets, and you’ll be one step closer to defeating your enemy.
