From Lemons to Lemonade · Squeeze Every Last Drop of Success Out of Your Mistakes by Shepherd, Dean A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1 Managing Emotions to Learn from Failure

Learning from Failure Is Difficult but Rewarding

Chapter 2 Strategies to Learn More from Your Failures

Why We Feel Bad over Project Failure Why Some Projects Are More Important Than Others

Some Projects Make Us Feel More Competent Some Projects Makes Us Feel More in Control Some Projects Make Us Feel Like We Belong .

Strategize to Learn from Failure

Conclusion Endnotes

Chapter 3 When to “Pull the Plug” to Maximize Personal Growth

Are We Biased When We Delay Failure? Are We Procrastinators? Anticipatory Processing to Personally Grow from the Failure Experience Emotionally Preparing for Failure Balancing the Financial and Emotional Costs of Failure What Is Your Balance? Practical Implications Conclusion Endnotes

Chapter 4 Self-Compassion to Learn from Failure

Two Project Team Leaders with Self-Compassion Self-Compassion and Failure

Self-Kindness and Failure Common Humanity and Failure Mindfulness and Failure

Practical Implications Conclusion Endnotes

Chapter 5 Emotional Intelligence, Support, and Learning from Failure

Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Growing from the Failure Experience

Emotions and Scanning for Information Emotion and the Interpretation of Information Emotions and Learning Help from Others and Building Emotional Intelligence Practical Implications Conclusion Endnotes

Chapter 6 Preparing for Multiple Failures

Commitment and Performance Managing Failure by Normalizing It

Learning from Small Wins Learning from Intelligent Failure

Challenges of Normalizing Failure Regulating Emotion to Cope with Failure Your Ability to Cope Use Support Groups and Other Social Support Use Rituals Comparing “Normalizing” and “Regulating” Failure Practical Implications Conclusion Endnotes

Chapter 7 Reflections on “Learning from Failure”

Strategies for Managing Emotions to Learn from Failure When to “Pull the Plug” on a Failing Project to Maximize Personal Growth Emotions, Social Support, and Learning from Failure Self-Compassion to Learn from Failure Preparing for Learning from Multiple Failures Concluding Remarks: Reflections and Advice to My Daughter Endnotes Index