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No one really wants to fail. Admitting what you said was wrong, revealing what didn’t work, and announcing layoffs and closures is not how anyone planned their business journey. Still, failure happens every day, and it happens to almost every entrepreneur. But what if failure doesn’t mean defeat or despair, but better business success?
How Your Failure Stories Create Better Business Success
David Robson is an award-winning science writer who specializes in the extremes of the human brain, body and behavior, understanding how failure can lead to success. The clue lies in how you document and tell your story, and thus how you frame the role failure plays in your life.
“Spinning our memories into a well-told life story, and seeing our future as an extension of this story, helps us achieve our aspirations for self-improvement,” he explained. . Senior journalist at BBC Future.His writings have been published in Guardian, Men’s Health and Atlantic and in 2022 he won Mental Health Story of the Year at the MJA Annual Awards.David’s 2 volume of book Expected Effects: How Your Mindset Can Change Your Lifewas published last year.
According to Robson, creating your own life story and trying to rewrite your failures has multiple benefits. The top five are listed below.
Improved mental health in general
“By grasping your life story and viewing failures as positive turning points, you can recognize what you’ve learned from your experiences and reduce your risk of depression,” said a retrospective fan. One Robson said journaling as a way to do this.
Not all failures have to be pessimistic. If you don’t see it that way, it’s not. Every project that ends provides space for new projects to begin, much like a relationship, deal, or contract. Talking about what went wrong can bring humor, learning, and ideas for moving forward, helping someone’s brain switch to a more beneficial channel.
There’s the caveat that “you can’t turn all trauma into a positive story,” but this really doesn’t negate that “it can always create unhealthy pressure.” Looking back on where we failed, there is pain, but there may be things we can do to move forward. “It’s a really psychologically healthy response, and research backs it up to be good for mental health,” says Robson.
Increased self-esteem and self-esteem
“Even just writing about important events in your life can boost your self-esteem,” Robson explained. This comes from various studies with over 1000 participants. Studies have found that this exercise “makes you feel better about yourself and your abilities.” Robson said this may be because it “gives people a sense of self-efficacy and makes them realize they have a rich story to tell, which makes them feel better about themselves.”
If you’re feeling down about something, especially work-related, take a moment to reflect on your life history and think of some examples of your successes. It also helps put failures into perspective. Today’s angry client emails are likely to be handled better when you remember how you successfully navigated client relationships before. It might not feel so difficult in the context of the pitch.
In a sea of hundreds of positive reviews, it’s easy to focus on a single negative review. attracted to and obsessed with. But thinking about and writing about the event as a whole keeps us from looking at the small, insignificant details that make us feel less confident.
How Your Failure Stories Create Better Business Success
Positive impact on physical health
One of the many studies Robson has read confirms this result, looking at students’ expressive writing. The trial found that people were less likely to go to the doctor after writing about a significant moment in their life and talking about the feelings they had during that experience. Links are closures and ruminations.
“Once you get into this process of writing expressively, you start crafting a story,” Robson said. This is especially powerful for entrepreneurs who write about failure. “You become more objective and distance yourself from the events themselves and you begin to find closure. also by finding
Writing about the event in this way can provide psychological closure and stop stress-related ruminations. “The more you flip things around in your head without coming to conclusions, the more stressed you are and the worse your physical health is.” Doing this expressive writing gives you better closure. In other words, your physical health will improve. Mental and physical are intertwined.
Enhanced persistence and self-discipline
Writing and talking about failures can help you feel less frustrated and more determined to reach your goals. “Studies show that focusing on the turning points in the face of disappointment and being more sophisticated about your life story can help you overcome future failures and reinforces your belief in overcoming them,” says Robson. said.
Remember how you overcame past failures. “If you’ve just experienced failure, it can be tempting to give up, but it’s really good to look back in your life’s history and find other points where you experienced similar setbacks but came back stronger. way,” said Robson. To pick yourself up and chase your dreams. “
A study in which Robson gathered these tendencies by observing students who practiced writing about their past failures showed that this, through a sense of self-improvement, had a positive impact on their grades over the coming months. A. Entrepreneurship always requires persistence.
be able to get through difficult times well
Finally, this research tells us how we can reframe our thinking when faced with a very difficult task, when we may feel that we are on the brink of failure. In reference to Robson’s new book The Expectation Effect, “We often see feelings of anxiety and frustration as signs of impending failure, which can make what happens catastrophic.” We start thinking about worst-case scenarios because of the nature of our emotions, and that the very emotion itself is dangerous.
This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Frustration and anxiety make things worse, and if you’re afraid of the stress you’re feeling, it’s going to be true and you’re more likely to fail.” is not a recipe for
But there are much better ways to see this. Instead of being a catastrophe, “You can recognize that anxiety is a signal that this is really important to you.” It can be seen as an energizing sign of your readiness to meet challenges…ahead.” Reframe how you interpret the emotions of difficulty. “When you do this,” Robson said. It helps counteract some of the harmful effects that can result from long-term stress and is a very useful skill for anyone to master. “
Instead of spending your day reacting to whatever happens, think of yourself as the protagonist in the movie of your life. Think of barriers and obstacles as fun things to overcome and tell stories about. When something important happens, success or failure alike, write about it, talk about it, make sense of it, put it aside, and carry on. Improved mental and physical health are just two of the benefits, along with self-esteem, self-esteem, self-discipline, and the feeling that you can challenge the world.