Ever had a setback in life or a failure that really knocked you backward? Here are 6 ways that have helped me get back up and move on with life. Get more tips like these at Setbacks happen to all of us. We're humans; we're not robots. We do make mistakes. So when it happens, how do you recover?
#1: Redirect Your Frustrations into Solutions
Number one is redirecting your frustration or that stress, whatever you're feeling, into a solution.
When you're down, you're normally pretty frustrated, pissed off or unhappy with the world. Instead of using that to get depressed or be more unhappy, channel this negative energy into positive energy or desire for change or a solution. When setbacks happened in my life, I would channel that into finding a solution, whether that was going on YouTube and watching videos like this, reading books, or going to workshops.
For example, I had relationship issues with my wife. We'd been married for 13 years and we ran into some hard times. But instead of me throwing in the towel, I tried harder to find videos that I knew would help me, went to therapy, talked through our issues and worked on improving our marriage versus just giving up.
Whether you're feeling, anger, frustration, stress or anxiety, channel that into a solution.
#2 Be Honest With Yourself
Another one is to be honest with yourself. I know this may sound stupidly simple, but a lot of times, when we have a setback, we want to blame something else So until you admit there's a problem, you're not going to be open minded to the solution that could help you solve it. So start by being honest with yourself. It's not fun, but take a little bit time to self reflect.
#3 Learn From Your Mistake
The other thing is learn from it. I don't recommend sitting there and dwelling on it and being frustrated or depressed or unhappy for the rest of your life, but be honest with yourself and then learn from it. Mark those lessons. Make sure you don't forget it. During the recession, when everything hit the fan with real estate, a lot of people took that opportunity to learn from it. Same goes with any setback that you have.
#4 Forgive Yourself
Another one is forgive yourself. Again, you're a human. You're not a robot, and you're gonna make mistakes. So instead of being hard on yourself and beating yourself up or being unfair to yourself, forgive yourself, love yourself and just let it go.
#5 Practice Self Soothing
Another one is self soothing. Soothing is easy to do incorrectly. We can eat too much or we can drink too much alcohol. We could do all sorts of negative things that are not going to help us, that are going to make our situation worse. Instead of that, I highly recommend you do something positive. Get out in nature. Whether that's taking a walk, going on a hike, going to the beach, going out on a lake, whatever that is for you. If you can get out in nature, disconnect from the devices, and get some alone time, you'll reset your brain, and you will really help yourself.
#6 Rest and Sleep
And then another one is sleeping. So many people, when they're under stress, when they're in a stressful situation or they've had a failure, they go and they try to, and this kind of talks about number six, they react out of desperation. I know it's such an easy thing. Let's say it's a financial setback where you thought a real estate deal was gonna close. If you're a Realtor and all of a sudden it fell through at the last minute and you don't have the income that you are expecting or a commission, if you're a sales person, instead of reacting out of desperation, take a step back, think about what is the smart way to overcome this versus the one I'm just going to grind through it. Sometimes that's all those solutions. Sometimes you do have to grind through, but don't react out of desperation. Take care of yourself, get your sleep, get your rest.
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