This edition is for you when something at work has not gone the way you hoped: a project that fell short, a venture that closed, a public misstep, or a run of setbacks that has made the next attempt feel heavy. Navigate Failure & Setback walks with you from the setback towards trying again.
It helps you process what happened, draw out the learning and rebuild confidence. The structure rests on research on growth mindset, learning from intelligent failure and self-compassion, which shows that how we think about a setback shapes whether we grow from it.
Inside is a personalised card deck and an ebook, both carrying your own name on every page. The sections follow different kinds of setback, among them Business Failure, Failed Project/Goal, Public Failure, Repeated Failures and Fear of Failing Again, with themes such as Learn-From-Failure, maintaining dignity and rebuilding courage. Each card shows a theme, an image and a short description on the front, and on the back a curated set of quotes from six wisdom traditions with room for your own handwritten notes. The ebook holds the same wisdom as a flowing book you can read on a tablet or phone, or print and bind.
On WorkSmart4Life you find it on the library shelf under "Life Wisdom: the moments of a working life". Begin with the intro cards and the situation closest to yours, and stay with those modules for a while. On each card, read the quotes, choose one that speaks to you today and write what it means for your next step.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, WorkSmart4Life