Though painful, it is part of human existence and business as well. You cannot prevent such, but you can successfully manage it by using the 5 steps below to creating appointment from every disappointment you will be facing.

Step 1: Just like there are two sides to a coin, disappointment and appointment goes hand in hand. You can’t separate them. In fact, you have to face more disappointment for you to get a single appointment. So, get use to seeing the appointment behind every disappointment.

Step 2: It is extremely important that you learn from your disappointment. It is okay for you to feel bad or emotionally depressed, but you need to learn to analyze what happened. What went wrong? How best can you correct what went wrong? What is your next game plan? And when are you carrying it out? Always analyze your disappointment and you are sure to learn one or two lessons from it.  

Step 3: Put the past behind you very quickly and move on. When you have learnt your lesson and you have decided the next decision to take, quickly put the past behind you and focus on what you need to do next. Don’t sit on the seat of regret for too long. Don’t feel so very sorry for yourself that you forget every single moment counts.

Step 4: From you analysis, change the method of approach. There is no particular way to how the cookies crumble or how the floor is mopped. So, from your analysis, you have to reach a conclusion and get ready to fire back not repeating the same approach, but changing your game plan.

Step 5: No retreat, no surrender so they said. But in business, you can retreat, but you don’t surrender. You retreat to analyze your mistakes and correct them. Then you have to take massive action to get measurable result. You need to double your last effort and the result, definitely will be just that amazing appointment you have been waiting for. Good luck!