<photo: Christmas in San Francisco, 2015>
it's coming to the end of October 2016 and the shops are already displaying Christmas items for sale. gleaming new toys, amazing gadgets, glamorous party dresses, glittering Christmas decorations, gala year-end parties and celebrations, sumptuous festive buffet offers at restaurants and hotels, and fun vacations and wonderful holidays. your eyes are filled with the red, green and gold colors of joy and happiness, you smell Christmas cakes and dessert and you start to hear the familiar refrain of jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ...
all these would be great if you are successful. for the many with money to spend, well deserved promotions to celebrate and hard earned graduations to look forward to, the end of the year festivities are a great time. but the reality for the just as many of us is that there are failures to contend with. you didn't get the raise you hoped for, the promotion didn't happen, you got laid off and someone in the family fell ill and medical expenses are starting to pile up. suddenly Christmas doesn't seem so merry after all.
Q4 is tough for companies facing economic challenges as they struggle to meet targets. Q4 is just as tough for those who have not been successful so far. Do you feel that you are unlikely to achieve your 2016 resolutions with just 2 months left to the year?
failures weigh heavily on us. just like the story of "How heavy is a glass of water?" it depends on how long you hold it. if you hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. if you hold it for an hour, you'll have an aching arm. if you hold it for a day, your arm will hurt badly. it's the same glass but it gets heavier the longer you hold on to it.
failures hurt but they will hurt more if we hold on to them and don't put them down. here are 5 ways to deal with failures and you can look forward to a happy ending to 2016:
Make new resolutions. what didn't work in the past is in the past. Leave them be.
Learn from what went wrong and be honest with yourself.
Celebrate the little achievements such as reading a small book, watching a movie, as they can lead to bigger things.
Help someone. there are always people who are in worse situations than you.
Make more resolutions. Something is bound to work. #alwaysbelieve