Flying despite the setbacks

It isn't always easy to get up after a failure. Sometimes it seems easier to just stay down awhile. DO NOT GIVE INTO THAT TEMPTATION! There are lessons to be learned in failure. Most times you come out of it better than before. Check out these examples from You Failed. Now Prevail! How to Turn Any Setback Into a Triumph
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TOM CRUISE Bizarre mismanagement of his public image hasn't hurt his career: In 4 years he had five consecutive $100 million hits.

LESSON Bankable competence is bulletproof. Perfect and properly market your skills and you can compensate for shortcomings.

SNOOP DOGG Snoop long ago became a caricature of himself. But no one works harder at hammering home (and cashing in on) that cheesy image than the 36-year-old entertainer.

LESSON Once you develop a proven formula, work it until it breaks.

AL GORE After the 2000 election, the former veep wrote a book (An Inconvenient Truth) and then earned a Nobel Prize and bragging rights to an Oscar.

LESSON Expand your horizons beyond a singular goal. Gore didn't try to run again, yet his legacy is the enviable one.

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE He lost the Civil War but surrendered honorably, became a college president, and regained citizenship a century later.

LESSON Be remembered for how you handle disgrace. If you've lost a job, help the next guy make a smooth transition.


Most on this list were probably a bit embarrassed and stunned at their defeats. They may have wandered around aimlessly for a few, but they did not stop flying. There are lessons to be learned in the lives of others. We do not have time to make all of the mistakes ourselves, nor would we want to.