Surviving from Failure @ work

Making too many mistakes at work can shake your boss's faith in you and shatter your confidence. Before you get worked up, go through our list of tips to help you deal with failure at work
Failure is said to be a stepping stone to success.
But higher number of failures need not necessarily guarantee a successful career.
To err is human but sitting back in your armchair isn't going to get you where you want to be.
For that, you need to highlight your failing points and work towards making more of yourself to do better in your professional life.

What are you thinking?
Sometimes it is all about attitude.
Whether you are on the failing path or you are simply stagnant in your position, attitude can make all the difference.
If you see yourself as constantly failing, you will be stuck in a rut so you need to change your perception of yourself.
A useful exercise is to remind yourself of three successful projects you have managed for every failure that you see happening.
Take pointers from your successful projects and make a format to work on your future projects so you can tackle the problems before they happen.
The right attitude will help you stay on track to success even if you do have a few slip ups along the way.
Oprah Winfrey once said, "It is not failure if you enjoyed the process".

DON'T BE A RADIO
If you have made a mistake, chances are your boss knows about it.
But there is no need for everyone else in the office to know about it.
If you have a confidant in your office that can help you make the best of the situation, then by all means discuss it with them.
But broadcasting your mistake might just make you the topic of water cooler conversations, which can be a downer for your morale and stop you from moving on to a more successful career.

Success of Others is none of your concern
Many people tend to put pressure on themselves if their colleagues are performing better than them. If you are one of those people, you may be putting road blocks in your career without realising it.
If the people around you are succeeding with their jobs, it shouldn't affect you in any way.
Thinking that you should match up to the laurels of your colleague, or a parent, or even matching the standards of your boss, may hamper your growth.
You should set goals for yourself to achieve and work towards achieving them without being sidetracked by a promotion that went to someone else or a project you thought you could do letter which is in your colleague's hands.
Make a checklist
If you are working on time bound projects, it is a good idea to make a checklist of things to be done.
This will give you a time frame and a schedule to make sure you complete your project ahead of time.
You will also be able to leave yourself wiggle room to smooth out any problems in your initial draft.
It is also important to remember that mistakes tend to happen; anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
So you could go one step further and make a second checklist of things that could go wrong.
This will help you eliminate the chances of mistakes and reduce the possibility of failure.

Playing the game of office politics

Office politics is about leveraging people and situations to bring about an outcome that you want to achieve.
It isn't necessarily about the full-blown yelling matches and the behind-the-back criticism, it can be about convincing your colleagues and bosses to use your suggestions in a project and make your voice stand out over everyone else's.
To do this, you must remember to keep a close knit group of colleagues, this will allow you to have support when you face a situation where you will need it.
You could also remember that criticising someone behind their back may fall on the wrong ears so be aware of the individual relationships in the office as well as the groups.

Famous failure examples - super motivating

Walt Disney was working at a local newspaper when he was fired for lacking imagination and having no good ideas.
He went on to establish one of the world's biggest production companies and created some of the world's most recognisable fictional characters.
Oprah Winfrey was an evening television news reporter who was fired for being too emotionally connected to her stories.
She was shifted to daytime television from where she made a name for herself and ultimately became a world-famous talk show host.
Steve Jobs was fired from a managerial position at Apple in 1985 after a tiff with a colleague resulted in the board of directors voting him out.
Jobs later rejoined Apple and eventually created some of the most innovative products we use today.

Hope this helps for all of us when we are at our work places.

My first time experience in Hosptial (getting admitted)

It was 4AM morning. I started turning here and there on my bed and was not getting sleep. I felt I need a dozen of rugs to cover myself, thought it was a hot summer climate season. I shivered…tried to sleep…did not work. Got up and thought of drinking hot water. Drank. I realized there was fever and weakness and I started feeling hungry. I drank boost with couple of biscuits. My wife and daughter were sleeping inside the room. I just sat…and my wife woke up and came to me. She was shocked to see me just sitting as if I don’t know what to do in life kind of. Took crocin…my wife advised me to go to doctor. I am a careless person when it comes to taking immediate actions especially when there are personal things to execute. But that day I said YES to my wife. My wife was not confident to take me on two wheeler with her. So…I started driving. I drove in 5 km speed…my vehicle was walking on the road. Reached hospital and my temperature were hitting 104 degrees. I felt, thermometer is going to break. Doctor said get admitted. I said ok. Decided the type of ward I need and I was made to sleep on the green color bed and they immediately injected some medicines, IV in my vain. My wife was very sad and she has to rush back because my little daughter was sleeping alone @ home. 

It was 7.30AM my boss and my colleague came to see me. Actually I was supposed to head towards a meeting @ Whitefield – Bangalore that day. Both of them gave me the recovery confidence and they took my mobile phone and laptop from me and said I need to forget these devices for next 4 to 5 days. Initially I felt grrrr….but I felt that’s a right decision. At 10AM my mother-in-law came to hospital and saw my condition.  That day I did not like any food. I was not in a good mood at all. My entire body had become super weak. My blood was sucked for tests. God’s grace my all reports were normal. My sister-in-law and their family visited me and boosted my confidence. My colleague stayed with me till my wife came back. There was one person who supported me during that crucial few hours (Mr. Vinay).  Doctors came to know that I hold insurance and they billed me more as usual that happens in every hospital.  I was not getting proper sleep for the entire day. 

Started with my second day.  Main doctor visited. My wife continued to ask him about me getting discharged. As usual he said “let’s see”. I didn’t get a good feeler but we need to give respect to doctor’s decision.  I told my wife not to ask this question again to the doctor. My cousin brother and his wife came to see me. They had bought fruits but I was not supposed to eatL.  My parents kept calling me to know the status. They stay in their native place. My neighbors had come to see me and they wished me for speedy recovery. I got so many sms from my colleagues for my speedy recovery. Finally I got discharged in the late evening of second day and I came back home with full swing. All said and done, me getting into hospital was a shocker to myself and to all my family members and friends/colleagues.

My messages to all…don’t neglect your health. I had cough from two weeks and I thought it would go and I took some self medication. When worst happened I realized and got into the hospital. It’s a big mistake I made. I blamed myself. I ate light food and lots of fluids and antibiotics were given to me.  Even after getting discharged from hospital I got recovered fully after couples of weeks…oh man…this was just crazy!

To be frank, what made me to recover fast was the caring circle. I got a very positive loving and caring support from my wife/mother-in-law/parents/colleagues/relatives. This was special for me. I realized that having a good circle of people who loves and cares is more important than anything else.  Loving and caring is more than money I felt. Loving and caring is a natural medicine. It can do positive miracles.

That’s all as of now.