Dean A. Shepherd 
Strategies to Learn More from Your Failures 

This is the e Book version of the printed book.

This Element is an excerpt from From Lemons to Lemonade: Squeeze Every Last Drop of Success Out of Your Mistakes (ISBN: 9780131362734) by Dean A. Shepherd. Available in print and digital formats.

How to learn from failed projects-and do it with less pain and suffering!

Projects can and do fail: They cease to exist. The more you’re emotionally attached to a ‘project’ (task, object, person, or activity), the more you experience negative emotions when failure causes it to be lost. These personal strategies can help you ‘undo’ emotional ties to a lost project-and empower yourself to learn from the experience.