The meeting didn't go the way you planned. You haven't lost the weight you were hoping to lose. It doesn't look like you're going to make your monthly budget. You're not where you want to be in your career.
How do we view these events? Positive or negative? You have a choice. My suggestion is to take a potentially sub-par outcome and treat it as nothing more than a result. Don't think of it as a failure, just a result. Not only will this keep you in a more positive state of mind but it will also get you on the fast track to achieving a better result next time.
The first time I heard about this philosophy was a few years ago in an audio recording of an Anthony Robbins speech, where he said, "...there are no failures, only results." At the time the statement didn't have a huge impact, but over the next few years to now I've kept this idea in the back of my mind.
My Lean and business experience has also helped to support the "No Failure" mindset. I have a growing understanding that there are desired results and actual results; my job is to understand the gap between the two. Once I understand the gap, I need to eliminate it and achieve the desired result(s). The best part, once I reach the desired result then I need to move the desired result out even farther and create a new gap.
The gap is made up of waste (there are 8 forms of waste), outdated paradigms, WWADI (way we've always done it), fear, lack of training and many other things. Eliminate these things are you will achieve the desired results.
Leave the fails for Youtube, we want results. Make it happen.
