How to handle setbacks: an archived Project Mindset post, originally published in 2021. Dates and roles reflect the original publication.
A Long-Term Plan Helps You Handle Setbacks
Why it matters not to be distracted by setbacks.
Sometimes we question our goals: am I doing the right thing? Do these goals fit me? Are they too ambitious?
It becomes harder when setbacks accumulate and quiet doubts grow louder. The apparently painless escape is to abandon the goals and adjust to that.
But what does that say about the goals? Moritz Lampert’s answer struck me:
Failure only throws you off course if you have no long-term plan.
I agree. A few setbacks should not distract us from larger ambitions. If they do, perhaps those goals were not sufficiently important or desirable to us. When a goal matters, do not give up too quickly.
The full interview is linked below. An excerpt:
I think failure only throws you off course if you have no long-term plan for where you want to go. I know where I want to be in five or ten years in sport and technically in my game. A small dip, or several, is fine as long as I know my long-term development is heading in the right direction.
— Moritz Lampert, translated
Mindset is everything!
More in the Project Mindset archive (German) and the Reza Mehman Podcast.
