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Brick Walls and Glass Ceilings Part II: How to Knock Your Roadblocks Down

Roadblock #3: Getting knocked down . . . and staying down.

When challenges bowl you over, stand up and persevere.

Strategy: 
When Thomas Edison was asked about the number of times it took him to invent the electric lamp, he said, “I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.?When you are faced with failure, instead of giving up realize that failure is necessary to success, and ask yourself the following questions:

  • What did I learn from this failure?
  • How will this failure ultimately help me reach my goals?
  • What will I do differently the next time I try?

 

  • Dawn Dugan

    Dawn Dugan specializes in writing books, articles, white papers, reports and special communications for the human resources industry. She is the co-author of Effective Executive Compensation, which was published by AMACOM in 2008. Read more...