CHANGE YOUR THINKING CHANGE YOUR LIFE
standing was the one way that would work. As a result, he became
the greatest inventor of the modern age and one of the wealthiest
businessmen in the country.You should do the same.
From now on, each time you try and fail, shrug it off as a learn-
ing experience that just moved you one step closer to success. As
Henry Ford once said, “Failure is merely an opportunity to more intel-
ligently begin again.”
■ YOUR RECOVERY RATE
When you experience a disappointment of any kind, your natural
reaction is to feel stunned emotionally.You feel as though you have
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been punched in your emotional solar plexus. You feel hurt, let
down, disappointed, and discouraged. You occasionally feel like
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