Message from
Chris Costello
Assistant Principal
Middle school isn’t easy. For many students, overcoming obstacles, including failure, can feel almost impossible. So, here are some tips to help you:
- Accept it.
Allow yourself to be upset. Acknowledge your feelings and then accept that it has happened so you can move on.
- You’re not a failure just because you had a setback.
One setback does not define you. Let your success do that.Look at your situation and see it as valuable feedback that you can use to improve yourself.
- You can succeed unless you fail.
Michael Jordan sums it up perfectly: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
- Talk about it.
Don’t keep things bottled up inside. Talk to someone close to you and you’ll be able to see your situation from another perspective.
- Keep moving forward.
Even a small amount of success is a step forward. Keep building upon that until you reach your goal.
Source: https://www.positivityblog.com/how-to-overcome-failure/