How do you handle failure?

Your real reaction when things go wrong

We all fall. What matters is what comes after. Discover how you bounce back.

10 questions

The questions

1. You mess up something important...
   • I get back up fast
   • I think about it for days
   • I dissect what went wrong
   • I move on without looking back
   • I get right back at it
2. Your first emotion...
   • Disappointed, but it's okay
   • Devastated
   • Curious to understand
   • The urge to avoid the subject
   • Frustrated, and fired up
3. What do you tell yourself...
   • Next time will be the one
   • I'll never make it
   • What can I learn from this?
   • Let's not talk about it anymore
   • I'll show them
4. To get over it...
   • I move on quickly
   • I need time
   • I take stock
   • I distract myself
   • I set myself a new challenge
5. A failure, deep down, is...
   • A step, no big deal
   • A wound
   • A lesson
   • To forget as quickly as possible
   • Fuel
6. People describe you as...
   • Resilient
   • Sensitive
   • Thoughtful
   • Someone who avoids confrontation
   • Tenacious
7. The day after a failure...
   • I move forward
   • I still think about it a lot
   • I note down my lessons
   • I act as if nothing happened
   • I get back to work right away
8. When someone reminds you of your failure...
   • I laugh about it
   • It reopens the wound
   • I explain what I learned from it
   • I change the subject
   • It motivates me even more
9. Your way of bouncing back...
   • Quickly and naturally
   • Slowly, step by step
   • By understanding what went wrong
   • By moving on to something else
   • By getting back in the fight
10. Deep down, failure teaches you...
    • That it will eventually pass
    • That it hurts
    • How to do better
    • To stop thinking about it
    • To come back stronger

Possible results

• The Rebounder · You get back up quickly. Failure never lingers.
• The Ruminator · You take it hard and for a long time. It cuts deep.
• The Analyst · You turn failure into a lesson. Understanding is already bouncing back.
• The Avoider · You prefer to turn the page without looking back. Efficient, sometimes too much.
• The Fighter · Failure springs you back like a coil. You get right back at it.