In the midst of my disappointing publishing numbers, I went back to read this gallery: 21 Ways to Overcome Disappointment. I suspect it will be one that I will go back to and read when I get that familiar nausea and don’t want to go on. These 21 tips are a bit of trivia (Walt Disney did get fired after his first media job) combined with inspirational verses. I’m only going to excerpt below the introduction because I want you to see the spectacular slides that go with each piece of text. Here you go … 21 Ways to Overcome Disappointment.
“We would never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world,” wrote Helen Keller. How I wish she were wrong. Disappointments leave us with the unpleasant task of squashing, crushing, and pinching life’s lemons to extract anything to transform into lemonade. Let these techniques help you more easily turn sour into sweet as you take steps to overcome disappointment.