The Best Way to Deal With Failure

Dwelling on the feelings caused by our mistakes can be useful—sometimes

Regret feels awful, but taking a moment with our feelings after failure can give us important motivation to do better. Sipa/Pixabay

Failure is a part of life, and we make mistakes pretty much every day. How do we cope? Or better yet, how should we cope?

Academics and the mainstream media tend to offer a simple solution: Don’t let it get to you and think about how things could have been worse.