5、what will i do next?
接下來該怎么辦？
now draw up an action plan. will you try something similar or something different? revisit your goals and objectives. this reversal has been a setback on your journey but think of it as a diversion rather than a halt. you can now reset your sights on your destination and plan a new course.
制定行動方案。你想一如既往還是有所不同？好好審視自己的目標吧。失敗並不意味著你要放棄，或許你只需換種方式而已。所以，你應重新審視目標，調整實施計畫。
if you read the life stories of successful people – especially inventors, explorers, scientists or statesmen – you will find that their early careers are littered with failures. walt disney, thomas edison and henry ford are typical examples. abraham lincoln, suffered many defeats in his career in politics including losing the nomination for vice president in 1856 and his second run at being a u.s. senator in 1858. two years later he was elected president.
如果你常讀成功人士的故事——尤其是那些發明家、探險家、科學家或政治家的，你會發現，很多人早年都處處碰壁。沃爾特·迪士尼、托馬斯·愛迪生以及亨利· 福特都是很好的例子。再比如亞伯拉罕·林肯，政治生涯屢屢受挫：1856年，錯失副總統提名；1858年，參議員競選再度落榜；直到兩年後，他才成為美國總統。
the important point is to use your setbacks as learning experiences and make them stepping stones to future success. there are always positives you can take from every episode in your life. asking yourself these five questions can help find them.
所以，你應該把失敗看作吸取教訓、走向成功的墊腳石。生命中的每段歷程，都有積極樂觀的一面。多問問自己這五個問題，或許你就能茅塞頓開。