From Lemons to Lemonade: Squeeze Every Last Drop of Success Out of Your Mistakes

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Learn More from Failure, Learn It Faster...and Use Those Lessons to Achieve Breakthrough Success We all fail. And we all want to learn from our failures. But learning from failure doesn't happen automatically. It requires very specific emotional and rational skills. You can learn those skills--from this book. Drawing on leading-edge research with hundreds of failing and successful entrepreneurs, Dr. Dean A. Shepherd offers powerful strategies for managing the emotions generated by failure--so failure becomes less devastating, learning happens faster, and you grow as much as possible from the experience. Shepherd shows how to clarify why you failed, so you can walk away with insights you can actually use...how to eliminate "secondary" stresses that aggravate failure or make it more likely...how to master the self-compassion you deserve in times of trouble...and a whole lot more. Failing will never be easy or desirable. But this book will make it less catastrophic, and more instructive--so you can get back to success and get there fast.

Mourn your failure faster, so you can learn from it sooner
Learn how to "undo" your emotional ties to failure
Grow from the experience of failure
Absorb the lessons that don't fit with your preconceptions
Discover when to "pull the plug" on a failure in progress
Know when to move on, so failure won't last longer or feel worse than it has to
Stay committed to excellence, no matter what
Keep focused on success, even in environments where multiple failures are commonplace