With goal setting it is inevitable that you will miss achieving some of the goals that you set. Recovery from that failure can be hard. You don't have to stay down long. Here are some survival tips you can use when you miss hitting your goals.

Don't get down on yourself. We miss our goal and we think all is lost. We look at all of the time and effort that went into the attempt as being wasted. We feel like we could have done more. Failing sometimes makes us feel like a failure.

Don't take it so hard when you miss hitting your goal. It happens from time to time. As a matter of fact the more goals that you go after the more times you may miss hitting goals. If you gave it your best shot then that is all that you can do. Think in terms of trying again with a different approach. Realize the missteps can be corrected. Once they are corrected you are actually in a better position to hit your next goal. You can learn from your mistakes and use that experience to help you with future success.

Accept support of others. They witnessed your effort and the can lend you perspective. You tend to be to hard on yourself, As you are questioning yourself on moves that you made that introspection can spiral out of control into a full blown case of frustration and disgust. Having another person who is supportive give you their input helps you to see things in more of a positive light. You will almost always find aspect of the goal attempt that you can build on.

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From Anthony D. Carter - a leading expert on goal setting.