If you stopped and gave up after one bad experience you'd never achieve anything. Coping with being "unsuccessful" is an essential lesson to learn.
"While goal setting is a must, the possibility of not obtaining goals comes with the territory. With success and hard work came the expectation of success, but failure always seems to hit the hardest."
Read more at http://running.competitor.com/2014/05/training/moving-on-after-a-race-goes-wrong_47839#2joI7AmfGkc1sRAp.99
“One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind.” - John Maxwell.
On the lighter side...
"While goal setting is a must, the possibility of not obtaining goals comes with the territory. With success and hard work came the expectation of success, but failure always seems to hit the hardest."
Read more at http://running.competitor.com/2014/05/training/moving-on-after-a-race-goes-wrong_47839#2joI7AmfGkc1sRAp.99
“One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind.” - John Maxwell.
On the lighter side...