How to Find Motivation After Failure

The best and quickest way to get over falling off a horse is to climb back up immediately – that’s what we’ve been told and made to believe since we were little kids. But the truth is that most of us find it really hard to find the motivation to try again after we’ve suffered a setback or a failure. It doesn’t have to be that difficult, not if you’re determined to succeed; after all, think of all that the world would not have today if Albert Einstein and other scientists had given up after just one failed attempt. So if you’re having trouble finding motivation after a failure, here’s how you can boost your efforts:

• Think of the rewards: When you chase a rainbow, you’re obviously interested in the pot of gold that you think is buried at its end. So when you have to do something, think of all that you stand to gain when you complete it and use this as a source of motivation. An accident left me with a broken ankle and I had to undergo intense physiotherapy and a series of surgeries to heal completely. The only thing that kept me going through the pain and trouble was the thought that I had to walk normally without a limp and get back to being the active sportsperson that I was before the fall. So motivate yourself by thinking of what you stand to lose and what you hope to gain.
• Accept it as a challenge: When you think of something as a challenge that must be surmounted, it’s easy to find the motivation to keep going. Challenges help you develop personally and professionally. They help you push forward even when the going is tough, and they make you stronger mentally and physically. When you’re faced with a challenge, you force your mind and body to accept it and work towards succeeding at it. 
• Set an example: When you have children who are impressionable, giving up without even trying could teach them the wrong message. They’re going to use this incident as a reference for their future when they may be confronted by challenges of their own and think it’s ok to give up because their parents did so all those years ago. So work up your motivation by telling yourself that you’re doing it for a brighter future for your children.  
• Learn from the experience: Don’t look at your setback as a failure; instead, think of it as a stepping stone to success, one that has made you richer and wiser because of the experience you have undergone. You could also learn from the mistakes you made and avoid making them in the future when you fail. Thinking of the incident as a learning experience rather than a failure helps you find the motivation to try again and keep going. 

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This guest post is contributed by Shannon Wills, she writes on the topic of Online Engineering Degree  . She welcomes your comments at her email id: shannonwills23@gmail.com.