You win some, you lose some.
And you learn some.
Sure, you can gain insight from triumph.
The winning proposal.
The closed deal.
The successful presentation.
You’ll likely learn more from the misses.
What didn’t go so well?
What was the feedback?
What would you do differently next time?
So, the review, the hotwash, the debrief, the evaluation.
Whatever you call it … ensure you do it.
It is the learnings that are invaluable.
“If you don’t look back on yourself and think, ‘Wow how stupid I was a year ago,’ then you must not have learned much in the last year.” – Ray Dalio, author of “Principles”.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill