Failing doesn’t mean you’re a failure.
We are often slow to rebound from failure because we spend hours, days, weeks judging ourselves for our mistakes. We get stuck in a downwards spiral of self-blame, and the pothole becomes an abyss.
A mistake is something you do, not something you are.
And it is an opportunity, not an obstacle. The opportunity is to reflect, learn and course correct—not to berate yourself.